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Pollution Monitoring Using Mytilus galloprovincialis and Fishes: A Case Study on the Southern Black Sea Shelf

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.13167
N. Balkis
Department of Chemical Oceanography, Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management, Vefa 34134-00, Istanbul, Turkey
A. Aksu
Department of Chemical Oceanography, Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management, Vefa 34134-00, Istanbul, Turkey
H. Hiçsönmez
Istanbul Province National Education Directorate, Turkey

Corresponding Author(s) : N. Balkis

nbal@istanbul.edu.tr

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25 No. 1 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 1

Abstract

In this study, the heavy metal bioaccumulations in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and fishes (Merlangius merlangus euxinus) have been studied along the Southern Black Sea Shelf. Generally, Pb and Cd contents were higher than the critical limits set by the Turkish Ministry of Environment for Aquatic Products (1 μg g-1 wet wt. and 0.1 μg g-1 wet wt., respectively) and European countries (2.0 μg g-1, UNEP, 1985). They showed increases towards the eastern end of the shelf. As contents were observed higher than the critical limits set by the Turkish Ministry of Environment for Aquatic Products (1.0 μg g-1 wet wt.) at stations Terkos, Samsun and Ordu in 2009. In contrast, Hg levels were also higher than the critical limits set by the Turkish Ministry of Environment for Aquatic Products (0.5 μg g-1 wet wt.) in 2005 and the highest Hg concentrations were found in the west and middle of the shelf.

Keywords

Black sea Metal Pollution Mytilus galloprovincialis Fish
Balkis, N., Aksu, A., & Hiçsönmez, H. (2012). Pollution Monitoring Using Mytilus galloprovincialis and Fishes: A Case Study on the Southern Black Sea Shelf. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 25(1), 450–454. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2013.13167
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