Heavy metals in wetlands in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorTürker, Onur Can
dc.contributor.authorVymazal, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-05T10:28:08Z
dc.date.available2021-07-05T10:28:08Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentSabire Yazıcı Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
dc.description*Türker, Onur Can ( Aksaray, Yazar )
dc.description.abstractWetland areas are one of the most precious ecosystem because they contain rare ecological assets. The total area of wetlands of Turkey is 9.861 km2 and wetlands cover 1.2% of total area of Turkey. Unfortunately, most wetland areas of Turkey face great challenges due to various pollution factors including heavy metals pollution caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization. In this chapter, current heavy metal pollution status of wetland areas, especially Ramsar Sites in Turkey, was assessed by more than 60 articles dealing with concentrations of heavy metals in sediment, water, and aquatic organisms. The results from the literature demonstrated that anthropogenic activities were closely related to heavy metal pollution causing a significant threat to wetlands including some Ramsar sites. In this respect, Ramsar areas of Lake Uluabat and Gediz Delta were severely contaminated by heavy metals. Moreover, heavy metal pollution in other Ramsar sites such as Kızılırmak Delta, Sultan Marshes, Lake Manyas, Lake Burdur, and Seyfe Lake had moderate levels. Low potential heavy metal pollution risk was reported for a Ramsar site of Akyatan Lagoon. On the other hand, high levels of heavy metals were found in various wetland areas of Turkey, and heavy metal concentrations in water of Lake Hazar, Yeniçağa Lake, Terkos Lake, and Beyşehir Lake were higher than the permissible levels for drinking water suggested by WHO (World Health Organization). Plankton, zoobenthos, and fishes which lives in polluted wetland habitats had also higher concentrations of heavy metals in their tissues, and thus heavy metal pollution can pose a potential risk for food chain both in wetland and terrestrial ecosystems of Turkey.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-66238-7_29
dc.identifier.endpage549en_US
dc.identifier.issn2211-0577
dc.identifier.issue-en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage527en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps:/dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66238-7_29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/8319
dc.identifier.volume36en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofCoastal Research Library
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararası
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectHealth Risk Assessment
dc.subjectHeavy Metals
dc.subjectPollution
dc.subjectRamsar Sites
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectWetlands
dc.titleHeavy metals in wetlands in Turkey
dc.typeBook Chapter

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