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The underestimation of seagrass biological cycle in the biomonitoring of coastal trace element pollution
Richir, Jonathan; Sartoretto, Stéphane; Gobert, Sylvie
20139th SETAC Europe Special Science Symposium
 

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Keywords :
Posidonia oceanica; trace elements; Mediterranean; biomonitoring
Abstract :
[en] Previous monitoring surveys using the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile mostly studied coastal pollutions in Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and/or Fe and the distribution of their bioaccumulated levels between the seagrass compartments. In contrast, other trace elements (TEs) like As, V, Ag, Be, Al, Mn, Co, Se, Mo, Sn, Sb and Bi, many of them categorized as TEs of environmental emerging concern, have been subject to nearly no ecotoxicological survey with that species. Moreover, the understanding of the seasonal variation of TE levels according to the seagrass biological cycle, a prerequisite to the intercomparison of sites sampled at different periods of the year, has been little investigated. P. oceanica were thus seasonally collected for TE analyses from March 2008 to November 2010 in the Calvi Bay (Corsica, France), a reference site for the northwestern Mediterranean, and near the sewer outfall of Marseille city (France). Results showed that levels of the 19 studied TEs evolved seasonally according to the seagrass biological cycle. So, foliar levels of Cr, Pb, Mn or Bi, preferentially accumulated in older leaves, increased from spring to autumn, as the number of adult leaves. V, Se, As or Sb evolved similarly to the shoot foliar surface, reflecting the plant growth. Cu levels, an essential micronutrient, were lower when summer requirements for leaf growth were high. Al foliar levels evolved similarly to rhizome and root levels, resulting from its acropetal translocation. However, in the anthropized Marseille site, environmental variables non-intrinsic to the seagrass ecophysiology could perturb this seasonal variation. This survey allowed highlighting the proportionally equivalent roles played by both the seagrass biological cycle and its environment in the bioaccumulation process of TEs. This cyclic evolution should therefore be systematically quantified in regional reference sites in order to properly intercompare results from biomonitoring surveys.
Research center :
University of Liège, Laboratory of Oceanolgy
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Richir, Jonathan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Sartoretto, Stéphane
Gobert, Sylvie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Language :
English
Title :
The underestimation of seagrass biological cycle in the biomonitoring of coastal trace element pollution
Publication date :
December 2013
Number of pages :
A0
Event name :
9th SETAC Europe Special Science Symposium
Event organizer :
SETAC
Event place :
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
du 04 au 05 décembre 2013
Audience :
International
Funders :
Funding was provided by the FRS-FNRS (FRFC 2.4.502.08) and by the French Community of Belgium (ARC Race 05/10-333). This study is part of the STARECAPMED project funded by the Territorial Collectivity of Corsica and by The French Water Agency (PACA-Corsica).
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