Metal Contents in Water, Sediment, and Oligochaeta-Chironomidae of Lake Uluabat, a Ramsar Site of Turkey

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ARSLAN N., Koc B., ÇİÇEK A.

THESCIENTIFICWORLDJOURNAL, cilt.10, ss.1269-1281, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1100/tsw.2010.117
  • Dergi Adı: THESCIENTIFICWORLDJOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1269-1281
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: metal, Lake Uluabat, zoobenthos, Oligochaeta, Chironomidae, TRACE-METALS, ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, MINE DRAINAGE, HEAVY-METALS, CADMIUM, COMPARTMENTALIZATION, MACROINVERTEBRATE, BIOACCUMULATION, BIOAVAILABILITY
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Samples of lake water and sediment, and sediment and two dominant zoobenthic taxa (Oligochaeta: Potamothrix hammoniensis and Chironomidae: Chironomus [Camptochironomus] tentans larvae), were collected from 12 stations in Lake Uluabat and examined from the metal level point of view (cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, nickel, and zinc). Our results showed that the occurence of metals in water, sediment, and the two zoobenthic taxa are relatively high. The opinion that supports the results of Lake Uluabat shows that certain species of oligochaetes and chironomids accumulate examined metals several times over compared to their surroundings. Therefore, it is concluded that the oligochaetes and the chironomids are suitable candidates to be used in biomonitoring surveys of Lake Uluabat.