Arsenic incorporation in a salt marsh ecosystem |
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| Authors: | James G Sanders Richard W Osman |
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| Institution: | Academy of Natural Sciences, Benedict Estuarine Research Laboratory, Benedict, MD 20612, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Replicate portions of a Delaware salt marsh were enclosed in cylindrical microcosms and exposed to elevated levels of inorganic arsenic (arsenate). All biotic and abiotic components in dosed cylinders rapidly incorporated arsenic. Spartina blades showed the greatest arsenic enrichment, with dosed plants incorporating arsenic concentrations an order of magnitude higher than controls. Spartina detritus and sediments also exhibited greatly elevated arsenic concentrations. Virtually all of the arsenic was incorporated into plant tissue or strongly sorbed to cell surfaces. Thus, elevated arsenic concentrations in estuarine waters will be reflected in living and non-living components of a salt marsh ecosystem, implying that increased arsenic will be available to organisms within the marsh ecosystem. |
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| Keywords: | arsenic uptake biogeochemistry bioaccumulation salt marshes Delaware Bay |
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