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1. Assessment of Ecologic Quality in Terms of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Sediment and Fish on Sakarya River and Dam Lakes, Turkey

Author:
Esengül Köse; Özgür Emiroğlu; Arzu Çiçek; Sadi Aksu; Sercan Başkurt; Cem Tokatli; Merve Şahin; Alper Uğurluoğlu
Source:
Soil & sediment contamination 2020 v.29 no.3 pp. 292-303
ISSN:
1549-7887
Subject:
Capoeta; Carassius gibelio; Food and Agriculture Organization; atomic absorption spectrometry; chromium; copper; dams (hydrology); dry season; ecosystems; fish; fisheries; guidelines; heavy metals; lakes; laws and regulations; lead; liver; muscles; nickel; rivers; sediments; tissues; wet season; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Sakarya River with a length of 824 km is one of the most important lothic ecosystems of Turkey. Sarıyar, Gökçekaya and Yenice Dams were constructed on the Sararya River for the purpose of electric supply and utility water for agricultural and fishery activities. In this study, sediment samples were collected from 14 stations selected on areas seasonally (2015–2016). Also, cyprinidae species (Caras ...
DOI:
10.1080/15320383.2019.1705755

2. Heavy metal accumulation in rosemary leaves and stems exposed to traffic-related pollution near Adana-İskenderun Highway (Hatay, Turkey)

Author:
Elif Bozdogan Sert; Musa Turkmen; Mehmet Cetin
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.9 pp. 553
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Rosmarinus officinalis; air pollution; aluminum; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; copper; ecosystems; heavy metals; human health; indicator species; iron; lead; leaves; manganese; nickel; pollutants; risk; risk reduction; rosemary; stems; tissues; traffic; urban areas; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Pollution has become a problem on a global scale and poses a significant risk in terms of human health and natural ecosystems. Generally, the biggest sources of pollution are municipal and industrial facilities. However, traffic-related air pollution cannot be overlooked as a dangerous source either. There have been various methods of interventions to measure and reduce the risk and effects of tra ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-019-7714-7

3. Mercury and Po-210 in mollusc species in the island of Gökçeada in the north-eastern Aegean Sea: Bioaccumulation and risk assessment for human consumers

Author:
Murat Belivermiş; Önder Kılıç; Ebru Efe; Narin Sezer; Onur Gönülal; Tuğçe Nagihan Arslan Kaya
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.235 pp. 876-884
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
Bivalvia; Gastropoda; Octopodidae; animal organs; aquatic organisms; bioaccumulation; body weight; ecotoxicology; filter feeding; food chain; ingestion; irradiation; marine ecosystems; mercury; methylmercury compounds; molluscs; pollutants; polonium; radionuclides; risk; risk assessment; seafood consumption; seafoods; toxicity; Aegean Sea; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Among the radioactive pollutants 210Po is the most substantial one in terms of seafood safety due to its efficient accumulation in marine animals and high irradiation of its alpha emission. Mercury is a highly toxic metal for both marine organisms and human beings. Biomagnification of MeHg (methylmercury) through marine food chains has made Hg concern of ecotoxicology and seafood safety. In the cu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.214

4. Essential and toxic element bioaccumulations in fishes of gala and siğirci lakes (Meriç River Delta, Turkey)

Author:
C. Tokatli
Source:
Acta alimentaria 2018 v.47 no.4 pp. 470-478
ISSN:
1588-2535
Subject:
analysis of variance; bioaccumulation; biodiversity; cluster analysis; fish; lakes; lentic systems; river deltas; tissues; toxicity; wetlands; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Meriç River Delta is located in the Thrace Region of Turkey, and it is one of the most important wetlands worldwide. Gala and Sığırcı Lakes, which are known as significant lakes in Turkey in terms of especial biodiversity, are located in the Meriç River Delta and they are the main lentic factors of the system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the essential and toxic element bioaccumulation le ...
DOI:
10.1556/066.2018.47.4.10

5. Persistent Organochlorine Contaminant Residues in Tissues of Hedgehogs from Turkey

Author:
Kalender Arıkan; Zeynep Yaşar Arıkan; Salih Levent Turan
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2018 v.100 no.3 pp. 361-368
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
DDT (pesticide); Erinaceus; HCH (pesticide); bioaccumulation; dicofol; habitats; monitoring; muscles; pollutants; polychlorinated biphenyls; tissues; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The residues of persistent organochlorinated pollutants (POPs), namely polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) (HCHs, CHLs, HCCPs, DDTs, and dicofol congeners) were investigated in the hair and muscle of road-killed Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor in Turkey. Mean residue levels were as follows: in hair, PCBs = 7.43 ± 4.88 ng/g and OCPs = 9.21 ± 1.27 ng/g; in musc ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-018-2272-1

6. Analysis of certain fatty acids and toxic metal bioaccumulation in various tissues of three fish species that are consumed by Turkish people

Author:
Gökçe Kaya; Semra Türkoğlu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2017 v.24 no.10 pp. 9495-9505
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
Mugil cephalus; Mullus barbatus; Pagellus erythrinus; atomic absorption spectrometry; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chickens; chromium; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; fish; gas chromatography; lead; liver; manganese; mercury; microwave treatment; monounsaturated fatty acids; muscles; nickel; people; supermarkets; tissues; toxicity; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Concentrations of toxic metals (Mn, Ni, Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr) in the muscle, skin, and liver of Mugil cephalus, Mullus barbatus, and Pagellus erythrinus which were purchased in large supermarkets of Elazig, and Mullus barbatus, which were caught on the sea of İskenderun Bay, Turkey, were analyzed. Fundamental analyses were carried out by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after sample ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-8632-2

7. Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Various Tissues of Some Fish Species and Green Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) from İskenderun Bay, Turkey, and Risk Assessment for Human Health

Author:
Gokce Kaya; Semra Turkoglu
Source:
Biological trace element research 2017 v.180 no.2 pp. 314-326
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
Merlangius merlangus; Penaeus semisulcatus; Sillago sihama; Solea solea; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; exoskeleton; heavy metals; human health; humans; lead; manganese; mercury; muscles; nickel; risk; risk assessment; shrimp; whiting; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... In this study, concentrations of heavy metals were determined by ICP-MS in the edible tissues of common sole (Solea solea Linnaeus, 1758), whiting (Merlangius merlangus Linnaeus, 1758), silver sillago (Sillago sihama Forsskål, 1775) and muscle-exoskeleton of green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844), from the seas of İskenderun Bay, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, in January–February, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-017-0996-0

8. Concentrations of Arsenic and Boron in Water, Sediment and the Tissues of Fish in Emet Stream (Turkey)

Author:
Semra Benzer
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2017 v.98 no.6 pp. 805-810
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
Alburnoides bipunctatus; Barbus plebejus; Capoeta; Squalius cephalus; World Health Organization; arsenic; bioaccumulation; boron; fish; muscle tissues; sediments; streams; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... In this study, the concentrations of arsenic and boron were determined in the water and the sediment, as well as in the muscle tissues of Squalius cephalus, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Barbus plebejus and Capoeta tinca from Emet Stream. The fish samples were caught in May 2011 and September 2012. The metal concentrations in the water samples were as follows: arsenic was 137.1–1002 µg L⁻¹, and boron w ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-016-1996-z

9. Effects of anthropological factors on the metal accumulation profiles of sea cucumbers in near industrial and residential coastlines of İzmir, Turkey

Author:
Mehmet Aydın; Evren Tunca; Ülkü Alver Şahin
Source:
International journal of environmental analytical chemistry 2017 v.97 no.4 pp. 368-382
ISSN:
1029-0397
Subject:
Holothuria; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; cluster analysis; coasts; cobalt; copper; digestive system; guidelines; integument; iron; lead; manganese; nickel; sediments; tissues; vanadium; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... This study details the metal and metalloid accumulation profiles of three species of sea cucumbers (Holothuriamammata, Holothuriapolii and Holothuriatubulosa) native to Aliağa and Ildır (İzmir, Turkey), two regions that are representative of industrial and residential districts, respectively. A total of 11 elements were analysed (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cr, Co, V, Ni, Cd, Pb and As) from gut and body wall ...
DOI:
10.1080/03067319.2017.1315112

10. Evaluating biochemical response of filamentous algae integrated with different water bodies

Author:
Abuzer Çelekli; Emine Kapı; Çiğdem Soysal; Hamdullah Arslanargun; Hüseyin Bozkurt
Source:
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2017 v.142 pp. 171-180
ISSN:
0147-6513
Subject:
algae; anthropogenic activities; bioaccumulation; biomass; climate; ecoregions; environmental factors; habitats; heavy metals; hydrogen peroxide; land use; malondialdehyde; multivariate analysis; nutrients; phenolic compounds; proline; protein content; surface water; temperature; thiols; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The present study prompted the second attempts to evaluate biochemical responses of filamentous algae under different physico-chemical variables in various water bodies in Turkey. These variables were investigated by use of multivariate approach in the years of 2013 (May and November) and 2014 (May and October). Studied ecoregions had the different geographic position, climate, land-use, and anthr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.04.008

11. Heavy metal and arsenic concentrations in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farmed in a dam reservoir on the Firat (Euphrates) River: Risk-based consumption advisories

Author:
Memet Varol; Gülderen Kurt Kaya; Alper Alp
Source:
Science of the total environment 2017 v.599-600 pp. 1288-1296
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Oncorhynchus mykiss; acceptable daily intake; adults; arsenic; average daily intake; bioaccumulation; heavy metals; human health; neoplasms; risk; rivers; toxicity; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... The concentrations of ten metals in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farmed in the Karakaya Dam Reservoir (Turkey) on the Firat River were determined. The metal concentrations in rainbow trout did not exceed the maximum permissible levels. Biomagnification factors (BMF) of ten metals were <1, indicating that these metals were not biomagnified. The estimated daily intake (EDI) of each metal was ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.052

12. Bioaccumulation of Uranium and Thorium by Lemna minor and Lemna gibba in Pb-Zn-Ag Tailing Water

Author:
Merve Sasmaz; Erdal Obek; Ahmet Sasmaz
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2016 v.97 no.6 pp. 832-837
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
Lemna gibba; Lemna minor; bioaccumulation; mining; thorium; trace elements; uranium; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... This study focused on the ability of Lemna minor and Lemna gibba to remove U and Th in the tailing water of Keban, Turkey. These plants were placed in tailing water and individually fed to the reactors designed for these plants. Water and plant samples were collected daily from the mining area. The plants were ashed at 300°C for 1 day and analyzed by ICP-MS for U and Th. U was accumulated as a fun ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-016-1929-x

13. Bioaccumulation of metals in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) from water bodies of Anatolia (Turkey): a review with implications for fisheries and human food consumption

Author:
Lorenzo Vilizzi; Ali Serhan Tarkan
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2016 v.188 no.4 pp. 243
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
Cyprinus carpio; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; copper; fish; fish fillets; fisheries; food consumption; food safety; health hazards; heavy metals; humans; iron; laws and regulations; lead; liver; manganese; meat; mercury; muscles; nickel; nutritive value; sales; sausages; selenium; surface water; tissues; toxicity; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Although fish is widely consumed by humans for its nutritional properties, accumulation of heavy metals can pose serious health hazards. Widespread common carp Cyprinus carpio is cultured worldwide and represents an economically important species for fisheries in several countries. These include Turkey, where C. carpio often makes for a large part of the sales of the locally marketed fish and also ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-016-5248-9

14. Bioaccumulation of thallium by the wild plants grown in soils of mining area

Author:
Merve Sasmaz; Bunyamin Akgul; Derya Yıldırım; Ahmet Sasmaz
Source:
International journal of phytoremediation 2016 v.18 no.11 pp. 1164-1170
ISSN:
1549-7879
Subject:
arsenic; bioaccumulation; lead; mass spectrometry; mined soils; mining; phytoremediation; polluted soils; roots; shoots; silver; thallium; wild plants; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Gümüsköy Ag (As, Pb, and Tl) deposits are one of the largest silver deposits in the country and located about 25 km west of Kütahya, Turkey. This study investigated the accumulation and transport of thallium into 11 wild plants in soil of the mining area. Plant samples and their associated soils were collected from the field and Tl contents were measured with inductively coupled plasma mass spectr ...
DOI:
10.1080/15226514.2016.1183582

15. Metal-accumulating plants from serpentine habitats of Kızıldağ, Konya Province, Turkey

Author:
A. Aksoy; Z. Leblebici; M. N. V. Prasad
Source:
Australian journal of botany 2015 v.63 no.4 pp. 372-378
ISSN:
0067-1924
Subject:
Alyssum murale; Cerastium; Dianthus; Iberis sempervirens; Noccaea; Silene; bioaccumulation; biogeochemistry; calcium; chromium; cobalt; copper; flowers; habitats; herbaria; hyperaccumulators; iron; leaves; manganese; nickel; nutrients; phosphorus; phytoremediation; potassium; serpentine; serpentine soils; soil chemistry; spectroscopy; stems; toxicity; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Serpentine (ultramafic) soils are generally deficient in essential plant nutrients such as phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and calcium (Ca) and often also have elevated concentrations of toxic trace elements such as, for example, nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr) and manganese (Mn). However, some serpentine areas have a species-rich plant cover, often with a few endemics. Thus, serpentine areas host valuab ...
DOI:
10.1071/BT14354

16. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in tissues of the gibel carp Carassius gibelio: Example of Marmara Lake, Turkey

Author:
Murat Yabanli; Aykut Yozukmaz; Fatma Sel
Source:
Russian journal of biological invasions 2014 v.5 no.3 pp. 217-224
ISSN:
2075-1117
Subject:
Carassius gibelio; aluminum; arsenic; bioaccumulation; cadmium; carp; chromium; copper; gills; heavy metals; hepatopancreas; lakes; lead; liver; lobsters; mass spectrometry; mercury; mineralization; muscle tissues; nickel; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Within the scope of this study, heavy metals presence (Al, Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Hg, Pb) in water samples and liver, gills and muscle tissue of gibel carp Carassius gibelio caught in Marmara Lake was analyzed seasonally. It was determined that there was not any difference seasonally with regard to heavy metals studied in lake waters (p > 0.05). Mineralization of fish tissues was made by microwave-we ...
DOI:
10.1134/S2075111714030126

17. Accumulation trends of metals and a metalloid in the freshwater crayfish Astacus leptodactylus from Lake Yeniçağa (Turkey)

Author:
Evren Tunca; Esra Üçüncü; Bedri Kurtuluş; Alper Devrim Ozkan; Sibel Atasagun
Source:
Chemistry in ecology 2013 v.29 no.8 pp. 754-769
ISSN:
1029-0370
Subject:
Astacus leptodactylus; United States Environmental Protection Agency; aluminum; analysis of variance; arsenic; cluster analysis; copper; crayfish; ecology; elemental composition; exoskeleton; freshwater; gills; hepatopancreas; iron; lakes; muscles; nickel; pollution; principal component analysis; sediments; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... This study aims to determine the extent of metal pollution in Lake Yeniçağa (Bolu, Turkey) by investigating the accumulation trends of five metals (Al, Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn) and a metalloid (As) in gills, exoskeleton, hepatopancreas and abdominal muscles of the freshwater crayfish Astacus leptodactylus . Principal component analysis (PCA), cluster analysis (CA), correlation analysis and analysis of v ...
DOI:
10.1080/02757540.2013.810724

18. Assessment of trace element concentrations in soil and plants from cropland irrigated with wastewater

Author:
Halim Avci; Tuğrul Deveci
Source:
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2013 v.98 pp. 283-291
ISSN:
0147-6513
Subject:
Mentha arvensis; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; cobalt; copper; corn; eggplants; food plants; geochemistry; irrigated farming; lead; mint; molybdenum; nickel; pepper; plant tissues; soil physical properties; soil sampling; tomatoes; toxicity; wastewater irrigation; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... Samples of soil and food plants were collected from wastewater-irrigated fields in the vicinity of Gaziantep, in southeast Turkey, and analyzed for several trace elements (TEs). The concentrations of Co, Mo and Zn in edible portions of corn, mint and vegetables (eggplant, pepper and tomato) were 0.03–0.66, 0.1–3.2 and 8–148mgkg−1, respectively. In the edible portions of corn and mint, Cd, Cr, Cu, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.08.013

19. Metals (Hg, Pb, Cu, and Zn) Bioaccumulation in Sediment, Fish, and Human Scalp Hair: A Case Study from the City of Mersin Along the Southern Coast of Turkey

Author:
Doğan-Sağlamtimur, Neslihan; Kumbur, Halil
Source:
Biological trace element research 2010 v.136 no.1 pp. 55-70
ISSN:
0163-4984
Subject:
Merluccius merluccius; Mullus barbatus; Solea solea; bioaccumulation; case studies; copper; detection limit; fish; hairs; heavy metals; humans; lead; mercury; muscle tissues; people; sediments; zinc; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... This study investigates mercury, lead, copper, and zinc concentrations in six most frequently consumed fish species (120 samples), sediments (20 samples) taken from Karaduvar Fishing Area where fish species live, and Mersin Port as a contrary region, and human scalp hair for people regularly consuming these fish species (50 samples) and non-fish-eaters (15 samples) in Mersin, Turkey. On taking liv ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12011-009-8516-5
PubMed:
19777169

20. Metals (major, essential to non-essential) composition of the different tissues of three demersal fish species from İskenderun Bay, Turkey

Author:
Yılmaz, Ayşe Bahar; Sangün, Mustafa Kemal; Yağlıoğlu, Deniz; Turan, Cemal
Source:
Food chemistry 2010 v.123 no.2 pp. 410-415
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
interspecific variation; Triglidae; food analysis; Lophius; bioaccumulation; heavy metals; food contamination; lean fish; tissue analysis; seafoods; food composition; Solea; toxicity testing; named bodies of water; Turkey (country)
Abstract:
... This study was performed to investigate certain major and toxic metal concentrations in different tissues of three demersal fish species (Triglia lucerna, Lophius budegassa, Solea lascaris). Generally, skin and liver exhibited higher metal concentrations than did muscle. Sodium and arsenic concentrations were found at higher levels in muscle tissues than in livers and skin, while zinc and nickel i ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.057