Sediment geochemistry and water trace metal concentration in Potter Cove ...

• Main Authors: Husmann, Gunnar, Abele, Doris, Monien, Donata, Monien, Patrick, Kriews, Michael, Philipp, Eva E R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; King George Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.848244; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848244

Recent rapid climate warming at the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) results in elevated glacial melting, enhanced sedimentary run-off, increased turbidity and impact of ice-scouring in shallow coastal areas. Discharge of mineral suspension from volcanic bedrock ablation and chronic physical disturbance is expected to influence sessile filter feeders such as the Antarctic soft shell clam Laternula elliptica ( King and Broderip, 1832). We investigated effects of sedimentary run-off on the accumulation of trace metals, and together with physical disturbance, the cumulative effect on oxidative stress parameters in younger and older L. elliptica from two stations in Potter Cove (King George Island, Antarctica) which are distinctly impacted by turbidity and ice-scouring. Fe, Mn, Sr, V and Zn concentrations were slightly higher in sediments of the station receiving more sediment run-off, but not enriched in bivalves of this station. The only element that increased in bivalves experimentally exposed to sediment ... : Supplement to: Husmann, Gunnar; Abele, Doris; Monien, Donata; Monien, Patrick; Kriews, Michael; Philipp, Eva E R (2012): The influence of sedimentation on metal accumulation and cellular oxidative stress markers in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 111, 48-59 ...