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21641622

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-12
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
Environmental fate of fish farm wastes (FFW) released from an open-sea-cage farm at Kat O, Hong Kong was examined by measuring carbon and nitrogen stable isotope (SI) ratios in selected benthic organisms collected along a 2000 m transect from the farm. Our results showed that FFW significantly influenced the energy utilization profile of consumers near the fish farm. Although nitrogen enrichment effect on ?15N was anticipated in biota near the farm, the predicted patterns did not consistently occur in all feeding guilds. Two species of suspension-feeders, which relied on naturally ?15N-depleted sources, were ?15N-enriched near the fish farm. In contrast, both species of benthic grazer and deposit-feeder, which relied on naturally ?15N-enriched algal sources, were ?15N-depleted under the influence of FFW. The SI signatures of biota can, therefore, serve as feasible biomarkers for FFW discharges only when the trophic structure of the receiving environment is fully elucidated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1879-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Stable isotopes as a useful tool for revealing the environmental fate and trophic effect of open-sea-cage fish farm wastes on marine benthic organisms with different feeding guilds.
pubmed:affiliation
The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China. waitakcheung@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't