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Relationship of phosphorus content in carp otoliths with that in ambient water in Xiaoxi Port of the Taihu Lake, East China
- Source :
- African Journal of Biotechnology; Vol 10, No 54 (2011); 11206-11213
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Academic Journals (Kenya), 2013.
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Abstract
- It has been of high concern that the phosphorus pollution is getting serious after lake eutrophication in the Taihu Lake, the third largest freshwater lake in China. As a sensitive recorder of the ambient water and fish exposures, fish otolith has been studied as a potential dynamic monitor of water quality by many biologists and mineralogists. In order to work out the correlation of phosphorus enrichment in carp otoliths to the ambient water of the carps, the phosphorus concentration in carp otoliths was measured in situ using laser ablation plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and comparison with the relevant data of the water was conducted. Significant positive correlation was found for phosphorus concentration in carp otoliths to the ambient water in the corresponding time. Therefore, the wild carp otoliths have the potential to act as an environmental indicator of water phosphorus pollution and lake eutrophication. Key words : Carp otoliths, environmental pollution, lake eutrophication, phosphorus enrichment, mineral monitoring, Taihu Lake.
- Subjects :
- Pollution
media_common.quotation_subject
chemistry.chemical_element
Environmental pollution
Ambient water
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Genetics
medicine
Carp
Molecular Biology
Otolith
media_common
biology
Phosphorus
Carp otoliths, environmental pollution, lake eutrophication, phosphorus enrichment, mineral monitoring, Taihu Lake
biology.organism_classification
body regions
Fishery
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Environmental science
sense organs
Water quality
Eutrophication
Agronomy and Crop Science
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16845315
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- African Journal of Biotechnology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bea5b95b43cd9d0bd8576f4bcb4e05ee