1. Trace elements and δ15N values in micronekton of the south-western Indian Ocean
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Pavanee Annasawmy, Paco Bustamante, David Point, Carine Churlaud, Evgeny V. Romanov, Nathalie Bodin, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Centre technique de recherche et de valorisation des milieux aquatiques (CITEB), and Sustainable Ocean Seychelles (SOS)
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Myctophids ,Principal Component Analysis ,Squids ,Fishes ,Seamounts ,Body size ,[SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology ,Aquatic Science ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Oceanography ,Pollution ,[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography ,Crustaceans - Abstract
International audience; Trace elements and δ 15 N values were analysed in micronekton (crustaceans, fishes and squids) sampled in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Myctophids were associated with high concentrations of arsenic at La Pérouse and MAD-Ridge seamounts, and with lead and manganese at MAD-Ridge and in the Mozambique Channel. The difference in cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations between micronekton broad categories reflected differing metabolic and storage processes. When significant, negative relationships were found between micronekton body size and trace element concentrations, which can possibly be attributed to differing metabolic activity in young and old individuals, dietary shifts and/or dilution effect of growth. No relationships were found between trace element concentrations and δ 15 N values of micronekton (except cobalt which decreased with increasing δ 15 N values), since most trace elements are not biomagnified in food webs due to regulation and excretion processes within organisms. All trace element pairs were positively correlated in fishes suggesting regulation processes.
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- 2022
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