Cadmium, Lead, Mercury and Copper in Fish from the Marmara Sea, Turkey

Keskin, Yaşar; Başkaya, Ruhtan; Özyaral, Oğuz; Yurdun, Türkan; Lüleci, Nimet Emel; Hayran, Osman

doi:10.1007/s00128-007-9123-9

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“…Cu levels in the present study are in good agreement with previous recorded values of fish species where the values ranged from 0.23 to 9.49 mg•kg −1 for fish from Marmara Sea [20] and lower when compared with the results obtained by (Khaled, 2013) [19] [23] who observed similar distribution pattern of copper. The higher accumulation ratios of metals in the liver could be due to the greater tendency of the elements to react with the oxygen carboxylate, the amino group, the nitrogen and/or the sulphur of the mercapto group in the metallothionein protein [24].…”

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confidence: 92%

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Fish, Squids and Crustaceans from the Red Sea, Jeddah Coast, Saudi Arabia

Younis¹,

Amin²,

Alkaladi³

et al. 2015

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confidence: 92%

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Fish, Squids and Crustaceans from the Red Sea, Jeddah Coast, Saudi Arabia

Younis¹,

Amin²,

Alkaladi³

et al. 2015

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“…This was significantly lower than that reported for the 15-148 mg/kg sediment in the Gediz river (Kucuksezgin et al 2008), 18.3-69 mg/kg in Karasu creek (Yalcin et al 2007), or 25 mg/kg reported for the Southern Aegean (Dalman et al 2006;Keskin et al 2007). The lower copper levels were promising for the toxicity concerns of the park since copper has been shown to accumulate to toxic levels in the livers of loggerhead sea turtles (Maffucci et al 2005) and green sea turtles (Sakai et al 2000); (Zabetoglu et al 2002).…”

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Baseline of the spatial and temporal metal contamination in Dilek National Park, Turkey

Atatanır

Turgut²,

Cutright³

2010

Environ Monit Assess

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Dilek National Park in Western Turkey is a protected habitat for several endangered and threatened species. In an attempt to protect the endangered species, the park was classified as a World Heritage Preserve. Even with this change, the animal and flora variety are still at risk from previous metal contamination. Water samples were collected 10 cm below the water surface and sediment from 0-30 and 30-60 cm depth. Inorganic elements were found in all sediment samples. Sodium had the highest aqueous concentration (10,312 mg/L), while Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were present at levels significantly lower than the chronic exposure criteria. Zn was the least prevalent (0.4 mg/kg) compound found in the sediment. The highest toxic contaminant concentration was Mg at an average of 1,100 mg/kg. The main contamination source of that seems to be Great Meandrous River. More studies are needed to develop a protection and remediation strategy for Dilek National Park.

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“…= data not available. Present study Capelli et al 2004Corsi et al 2002Storelli et al 2005Storelli et al 2005Kucuksezgin et al 2002Gonul and Kucuksezgin 2007Keskin et al 2007 Present study Present study Capelli et al 2004El-Sharnouby et al 1986 Figures Fig …”

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“…However, they failed to reach a clear conclusion and suggested that more data were needed to resolve these issues. Since, new results have been obtained from coastal (Barghigiani and De Ranieri, 1992;Corsi et al, 2002;Gonul and Kucuksezgin, 2007;Keskin et al, 2007) and deep water (Storelli et al, 2002;Cossa and Coquery, 2005) Mediterranean fishes. However, most studies provide Hg concentration in fish muscle without any explanation on the mechanisms involved, and fail to explain geographic differences.…”

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Difference of mercury bioaccumulation in red mullets from the north-western Mediterranean and Black seas

Harmelin-Vivien

Cossa

Crochet

et al. 2009

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Abstract:The relationships between total mercury (Hg) concentration and stable nitrogen isotope ratio (δ 15 N) were evaluated in Mullus barbatus barbatus and M. surmuletus from the Mediterranean Sea and M. barbatus ponticus from the Black Sea. Mercury concentration in fish muscle was six times higher in the two Mediterranean species than in the Black Sea one for similar sized animals. A positive correlation between Hg concentration and δ 15 N occurred in all species. Increase in Hg concentration with δ 15 N was high and similar in the two Mediterranean fishes and much lower in the Black Sea species. Since this was neither related to trophic level difference between species nor to methylmercury (MeHg) concentration differences between the north-western Mediterranean and the Black Sea waters, we suggested that the higher primary production of the Black Sea induced a dilution of MeHg concentration at the base of the food webs.

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Cadmium, Lead, Mercury and Copper in Fish from the Marmara Sea, Turkey

Cited by 70 publications

References 14 publications

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Fish, Squids and Crustaceans from the Red Sea, Jeddah Coast, Saudi Arabia

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Fish, Squids and Crustaceans from the Red Sea, Jeddah Coast, Saudi Arabia

Baseline of the spatial and temporal metal contamination in Dilek National Park, Turkey

Difference of mercury bioaccumulation in red mullets from the north-western Mediterranean and Black seas

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