Heavy metal accumulation in algae and sediments of the Black Sea coast of Turkey

Toxic metal (Pb, Cd, Cr, and Hg) levels in Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846), Eriphia verrucosa (Forskal, 1775), and sediment samples from the Black Sea littoral (Thrace, Turkey)

“…Kilyos (Topçuoglu et al, 2002) 10.8 ± 0.2 <0.02 <0.05 Amasra (Topçuoglu et al, 2002) 58.5 ± 0.4 0.73 ± 0.08 21.4 ± 5.6 Sinop (Topçuoglu et al, 2002) 115.5 ± 0.5 0.89 ± 0.11 15.1 ± 2.9 Pers ßembe (Topçuoglu et al, 2002) 21.8 ± 0.1 0.93 ± 0.04 31.1 ± 2.0 Rize (Topçuoglu et al, 2002) 38.88 ± 0.34 <0.02 <0.05 Sinop (Güven et al, 1998) 218.1 ± 20.1 S ßile (Güven et al, 1998) 54.4 ± 5.6 Riva (Güven et al, 1998) 6.1 ± 1.0 North West Black Sea (Secrieru and Secrieru, 2002) 61.9 0.75 15.0 Romania Coast (Jitar, 2014) 30.26 ± 22.90 0.90 ± 0.91 8.42 ± 5.52 Average shale (Krauskopf, 1979) 9.2 100 0.20 20 0.300 N.A. : not analyzed in study.…”

“…Metal accumulations in Turkish territorial waters have previously been assessed by Güven et al (1998), Tuncer et al (1998, Bat et al (1999Bat et al ( , 2000, Aktürk (2000), Ünsal (2001), Topçuoglu et al (2002Topçuoglu et al ( , 2003, Tüzen (2003), Balkıs et al (2007), Ergül et al (2008), Çulha Türk (2007), Uluozlu et al (2007) and Balkıs and Aksu (2012).…”

Short-term influence of phosphate and nitrate on heavy metal accumulation by red alga Acrosorium uncinatum

“…Several authors have been studied metal concentrations in algal species collected from various coastline areas and metals effects on algal growth, their biochemical and physiological properties, as well as their accumulation (Leland et al 1974(Leland et al , 1979Seeliger and Edwards 1979;Markham et al 1980;Sawidis and Voulgaropoulos 1986;Guven et al 1992Guven et al , 1993Guven et al , 1998Hardisson et al 1998;Esen et al 1999;Fityanos et al 1999;Kut et al 2000;Sawidis et al 2001;Stengel et al 2004). …”