ROCHE, Kevin Francis, Jan KUTA, Ivo SEDLÁČEK, Rostislav ČERVENKA, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ and Pavel JURAJDA. First data on uranium uptake in three nototheniid fishes from Antarctica (James Ross Island). Chemosphere. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, vol. 211, November, p. 510-514. ISSN 0045-6535. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.195.
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Original name First data on uranium uptake in three nototheniid fishes from Antarctica (James Ross Island)
Authors ROCHE, Kevin Francis (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Jan KUTA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Ivo SEDLÁČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Rostislav ČERVENKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina TOMANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel JURAJDA (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Chemosphere, OXFORD, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2018, 0045-6535.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 5.108
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101519
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.195
UT WoS 000446149600054
Keywords in English Antarctic Peninsula; Bioaccumulation; Czech Antarctic station; Notothenioidei; Radioactive contaminants; Shallow coastal waters
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Recent studies have confirmed historic atmospheric deposition of uranium in Antarctica, with a steep and significant increase in levels deposited since the 1980s in Antarctic Peninsula ice core samples. To date, however, there has been little or no attention paid to uranium in the Antarctic food web. Here, we present results for uranium content in scales of three common nototheniid species (Trematomus bernacchii, Gobionotothen gibberifrons, Notothenia coriiceps) from coastal waters off James Ross Island (Antarctic Peninsula). While mean total uranium levels (mean +/- SD) were low and similar between species (N. coriiceps 0.08 mu g g(-1) +/- 0.01, T bernacchii 0.17 mu g g(-1) +/- 0.10; G. gibberifrons 0.11 mu g g(-1) +/- 0.04), linear regressions against standard length indicated bioaccumulation in T. bernacchii (ANOVA, F = 7.8349, P = 0.0076). We suggest this may be the result of dietary specialisation on prey with calcareous shells that accumulate uranium. To the best of our knowledge, this paper provides the first quantitative baseline data on uranium levels in coastal Antarctic nototheniids. While the low levels recorded are unlikely to represent a threat within the food chain, we suggest that further long-term trophic studies (including stable isotope analysis) are needed, recognising that the feeding ecology of individual species (and even individuals) can have a strong effect on overall trends.
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EF16_013/0001761, research and development projectName: RECETOX RI
GBP505/12/G112, research and development projectName: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LM2015078, research and development projectName: Česká polární výzkumná infrastruktura (Acronym: CzechPolar2)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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