Biomarkers of Heavy Metal Stress in Mangrove Ecosystems

澳大利亚的红树林面积在国际上排名第三，这些系统作为许多幼年商业鱼类的初级生产者、栖息地和育苗区，具有很高的生产力。人类活动对当地红树林的破坏造成的后果是鱼类生产力下降和水质下降。红树林重金属胁迫的预测预警生物标志物的验证将提供一个强大的管理工具，使污染物暴露的证据和准确的“预警”指示的生物/环境影响，允许有效的补救行动和保护河口沃茨和资源，在国内和国际。

Australia has the third largest area of mangroves internationally and these systems are highly productive as primary producers, habitat and nursery area for many juvenile commercial fish species. The consequences of local destruction of mangroves through human impacts are lower fish productivity and loss of water quality. The validation of predictive early warning biomarkers of heavy metal stress in mangroves would provide a powerful management tool that would enable evidence of pollutant exposure and accurate 'early-warning' indication of biological/environmental effects, allowing effective remedial action and protection of estuarine waters and resources both nationally and internationally.