Yazarlar |
Latife Köker Demo
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Fatih Aydın
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özcan Gaygusuz
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Reyhan Akçaalan Albay
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Derya Çamur
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hüseyin İLTER
Türkiye |
Ferruh Niyazi Ayoğlu
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Ahmet Altın
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Murat Topbaş
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Meriç Albay
İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
Rapid industrialization and excessive human population growth may cause deterioration in marine water quality and biodiversity. Heavy metals are one of the most common pollutants in the seas and marine organisms, including demersal and pelagic fish, can accumulate them from the environment. Assessment of the ecological risk of heavy metals from fish has an important role in public health. In this study, some heavy metal (Pb, Cd, As, Cr, Hg, Cu, Zn, and Fe) concentrations were determined in the muscle tissues of two commonly consumed fish species, Trachurus mediterraneus (Mediterranean horse mackerel) and Merlangius merlangus (Whiting), which are the fifth (14,222 tons/year) and sixth (6814 tons/year) highest commercial catches of marine fish species in Turkey, respectively. Heavy metal concentrations of samples collected from four sites (Adalar, İzmit Bay, Yalova, and Tekirdağ) in the Marmara Sea were determined using ICP-MS. Fish samples caught at Yalova station were found to have the highest heavy metal concentrations. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in terms of the mean values, only As, and Cr were higher than permissible limits in T. mediterraneus, while Pb, Cd, As, and Cr were higher in M. merlangus. Arsenic concentrations were higher than maximum limits in both T. mediterraneus and M. merlangus. The estimated weekly intake (EWI) was calculated to assess the potential health impact. The EWI for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury for some sites was above the provisional tolerable weekly intake. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Bioaccumulation | Health risk | Heavy metals | Merlangius merlangus | Tissue concentration | Trachurus mediterraneus |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT |
Dergi ISSN | 0364-152X |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 03-2021 |
Cilt No | 67 |
Sayı | 3 |
Sayfalar | 522 / 531 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1007/s00267-020-01352-y |
Makale Linki | http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00267-020-01352-y |