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- Title
Assessment of trace metal contamination in the sea cucumber ( Holothuria tubulosa) and sediments from the Dardanelles Strait (Turkey).
- Authors
Turk Culha, Saniye; Dereli, Hakkı; Karaduman, Fatma; Culha, Mehmet
- Abstract
This study was performed to determine the concentrations of some trace metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn, and Fe) in Holothuria tubuosa (Gmelin, 1788) belonging to Echinoderm species and in sediments that they live at three different stations (Gelibolu, Umur Bey/Lapseki, and Dardanos) on Dardanelles Strait between April 2013 and March 2014. The mean trace metal concentrations determined in H. tubulosa and sediment were as follows: Cd 0.18 mg/kg, Cu 2.43 mg/kg, Pb 2.09 mg/kg, Ni 14.58 mg/kg, Zn 16.86 mg/kg, and Fe 73.46 mg/kg and Cd 0.70 mg/kg, Cu 5.03 mg/kg, Pb 14.57 mg/kg, Ni 27.15 mg/kg, Zn 54.52 mg/kg, and Fe 3779.9 mg/kg, respectively. It was detected that the statistical difference between trace metals determined seasonally in muscle tissue of H. tubulosa was significant ( p > 0.05). As a result of the study, it was detected that H. tubulosa is a bioindicator species in determining Ni trace metal in sediment. The results were compared to the limit values of National and International Food Safety, and it was detected that Cd and Ni concentrations measured in sediment were above LEL of Ni and Cd concentrations according to Sediment Quality Guidelines.
- Subjects
DARDANELLES Strait (Turkey); SEA cucumbers; MARINE sediment pollution; MARINE sediment quality; TRACE metals
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 12, p11584
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-016-6152-0