A biomonitoring study: Heavy metals in macroalgae from eastern Aegean coastal areas

Akcali I., Kucuksezgin F.

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, cilt.62, sa.3, ss.637-645, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.021
  • Dergi Adı: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.637-645
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Biomonitoring, Heavy metals, Macroalgae, Accumulation, Aegean Sea, ENTEROMORPHA-LINZA LINNAEUS, ANTIKYRA-GULF GREECE, THERMAIKOS GULF, MARINE-ALGAE, TRACE-METALS, ULVA-RIGIDA, HONG-KONG, SEA, BIOACCUMULATION, POLLUTION
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The concentrations of metals were measured in macroalgae species seasonally at eight coastal stations along the eastern Aegean coast. Sediment and seawater samples were also collected to detect their metal contents in order to gain more information on the environmental conditions of the area and possible bioaccumulation patterns. The aim of this study is, to gather more information on the use of selected species as cosmopolitan biomonitors for the eastern Aegean; to provide information on the marine environmental quality by the use of macroalgae and to determine which algae species are suitable as biomonitoring species for the study area. The relative abundance of metals in macroalgae decreases in the order: Fe-Zn-Cu-Cr-Cd-Hg-Pb and seawater: Fe-Zn-Pb-Cu-Cr-Cd-Hg. In sediment the distribution order from higher to lower was Fe-Cr-Zn-Pb-Cu-Hg-Cd. The brown algae Cystoseira sp., the green algae Ulva sp. and Enteromorpha sp. possess high potential as cosmopolitan biomonitors for trace metals in the Aegean Sea. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.