This study examined the spatio-temporality of heavy metal concentrations (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in sediments Lake Bafa, one most important wetlands Turkey’s Aegean region. The evaluated sediment quality according to threshold effect concentration (TEC) probable (PEC) values based on guidelines (SQG), provided a potential ecological risk assessment (PERI) along with indices such...

Water users consider the safety of water according to its aesthetic properties, primarily taste and odour. Geosmin (GEO) 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) are most common odour compounds in freshwaters which cause an earthy musty water. Since human nose can detect these concentrations as low 10 ng/L, it is essential monitor drinking waters before consumer complaints produce a timely solution. Therefore,...

The pollution level of Lake Bafa was investigated by collecting fish samples {Dicentrarchus labrax (sea bass), Liza ramada (mullet) and Anguilla anguilla (eel)}, surface sediment, and core samples. In all these samples, 210Po and 210Pb concentrations were estimated, and total annual dose rates were obtained for each species. Some heavy metal (Cr, Ni, Pb, Cd, Mn, Fe, and Zn) concentration levels...

Gümüş balığı (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810), doğal olarak denizler ve lagün bölgelerinde yayılış gösteren örihalin bir türdür. Bu tür, balıkçılık amacıyla, resmȋ kuruluşların bilgisi olmadan göllere yapay göletlere de taşınmış Türkiye’de, deniz ile doğrudan bağlantısı bulunmayan pek çok göl rezervuarda son yıllarda hızla yayılmıştır. çalışmada, Bafa Gölü’nde, Eylül 2018 Mayıs 2019’da yapılan örn...

Su ürünleri yeterli ve dengeli beslenme için ideal hayvansal ürünlerdir. Ancak çevre kirliliğinden etkilenen balıklar, zincirinin sonundaki insana, kirliliğin zararlı etkilerini aktarabilmektedir. Bafa Gölü, son yıllarda görülen kirliliği problemleriyle adından sıkça söz ettirmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Gölü’nden en çok avlanan balık türlerinden olan topan kefalin fileto, gonat, karaciğer solungaçl...

Lake Bafa is one of the biggest lake in western part Turkey. It has a great importance terms both historical and biodiversity. which was fed by Büyük Menderes River become an area where pollutant factors carried river accumulated over time. In this context, complex physicochemical characteristics were evaluated water quality classes determined order to constitute monitoring pattern. research, s...