Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperate river system with application to sturgeon movement
Abstract
Understanding patterns in trace element concentrations and water quality within river systems provides a foundation to evaluate retrospective movements and habitat use of fish. Because trace elements are incorporated into calcified structures of fishes relative to water concentrations, baseline maps have application for fisheries management, including for rare species such as sturgeons. Therefore, trace elements [strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and magnesium (Mg)], strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr), dissolved oxygen and salinity were measured in the Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain watersheds, within Mississippi and Louisiana, USA for application in assessing riverine use by Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi. Water samples were collected during the summer-fall period when juvenile Gulf Sturgeon were anticipated to be present and analyzed by solution and multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Trace element to calcium (Ca) ratios in Sr, Ba, Zn, and Mg were distinguishable between the upper Pearl River and the Bogue Chitto River tributary, and the upper Pearl River and lower Pearl River. For most trace elements and 87Sr/86Sr, there was a gradual increase from upper river regions to lower river regions, and large differences between freshwater and saline areas. Lake Pontchartrain watershed rivers were not easily differentiated, but regions ofmore »
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- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; J. Rueter, National Marine Fisheries Service and the Northern Gulf Institute; US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1649630
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; NA16OAR4320199
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Freshwater Ecology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0270-5060
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Trace element; microchemistry; sturgeon; temperate river
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Gunn, Mackenzie A., Moran, Zachary S., Pracheil, Brenda M., and Allen, Peter J. Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperate river system with application to sturgeon movement. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1080/02705060.2019.1682079.
Gunn, Mackenzie A., Moran, Zachary S., Pracheil, Brenda M., & Allen, Peter J. Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperate river system with application to sturgeon movement. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2019.1682079
Gunn, Mackenzie A., Moran, Zachary S., Pracheil, Brenda M., and Allen, Peter J. Thu .
"Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperate river system with application to sturgeon movement". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2019.1682079. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1649630.
@article{osti_1649630,
title = {Spatial changes in trace element and strontium isotope water chemistry in a temperate river system with application to sturgeon movement},
author = {Gunn, Mackenzie A. and Moran, Zachary S. and Pracheil, Brenda M. and Allen, Peter J.},
abstractNote = {Understanding patterns in trace element concentrations and water quality within river systems provides a foundation to evaluate retrospective movements and habitat use of fish. Because trace elements are incorporated into calcified structures of fishes relative to water concentrations, baseline maps have application for fisheries management, including for rare species such as sturgeons. Therefore, trace elements [strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and magnesium (Mg)], strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr), dissolved oxygen and salinity were measured in the Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain watersheds, within Mississippi and Louisiana, USA for application in assessing riverine use by Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi. Water samples were collected during the summer-fall period when juvenile Gulf Sturgeon were anticipated to be present and analyzed by solution and multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Trace element to calcium (Ca) ratios in Sr, Ba, Zn, and Mg were distinguishable between the upper Pearl River and the Bogue Chitto River tributary, and the upper Pearl River and lower Pearl River. For most trace elements and 87Sr/86Sr, there was a gradual increase from upper river regions to lower river regions, and large differences between freshwater and saline areas. Lake Pontchartrain watershed rivers were not easily differentiated, but regions of low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the lower reaches suggest available Gulf Sturgeon habitat may be seasonally limited. Therefore, maps of water microchemistry in the Pearl River watershed allow for retrospective analyses of fish watershed use.},
doi = {10.1080/02705060.2019.1682079},
journal = {Journal of Freshwater Ecology},
number = 1,
volume = 34,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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