Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web
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Van Dover, CL; Grassle, JF; Fry, B; Garritt, RH; Starczak, VR
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January 1, 1992
CHRONIC pollution of the open ocean has occurred since 1986 through disposal of municipal sewage sludge at a deep-water (∼2,500 m) dumpsite off the coast of New Jersey. Dispersal and dilution of sewage particulates in surface waters were presumed to be sufficient to prevent or minimize accumulation of detectable amounts of sewage-derived material on the sea floor. Using stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur as tracers of sewage-derived organic material, we show here that this material reaches the sea floor and enters the benthic food web, specifically through surface-deposit feeding activities of the urchin, Echinus affinus and the sea cucumber, Benthodytes sanguinolenta. © 1992 Nature Publishing Group.
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January 1, 1992
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Van Dover, C. L., Grassle, J. F., Fry, B., Garritt, R. H., & Starczak, V. R. (1992). Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web. Nature, 360(6400), 153–156. https://doi.org/10.1038/360153a0
Van Dover, C. L., J. F. Grassle, B. Fry, R. H. Garritt, and V. R. Starczak. “Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web.” Nature 360, no. 6400 (January 1, 1992): 153–56. https://doi.org/10.1038/360153a0.
Van Dover CL, Grassle JF, Fry B, Garritt RH, Starczak VR. Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web. Nature. 1992 Jan 1;360(6400):153–6.
Van Dover, C. L., et al. “Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web.” Nature, vol. 360, no. 6400, Jan. 1992, pp. 153–56. Scopus, doi:10.1038/360153a0.
Van Dover CL, Grassle JF, Fry B, Garritt RH, Starczak VR. Stable isotope evidence for entry of sewage-derived organic material into a deep-sea food web. Nature. 1992 Jan 1;360(6400):153–156.
Published In
Nature
DOI
ISSN
0028-0836
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Volume
360
Issue
6400
Start / End Page
153 / 156
Related Subject Headings
- General Science & Technology