Browsing by Author "Türker, Onur Can"
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Assessment of Lemna gibba L. (duckweed) as a potential ecological indicator for contaminated aquatic ecosystem by boron mine effluent
Böcük, Harun; Yakar, Anil; Türker, Onur Can (Elsevier Science Bv, 2013)Duckweeds, as a group, are important early warning indicators for the assessment of contaminated ecosystems due to their propensity to accumulate pollutants. In the present study, we investigated the potential use of Lemna ... -
Bioaccumulation and toxicity assessment of irrigation water contaminated with boron (B) using duckweed (Lemna gibba L.) in a batch reactor system
Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl; Gür, Nurcan (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017)The present study assesses ability of Lemna gibba L. using a batch reactor approach to bioaccumulation boron (B) from irrigation waters which were collected from a stream in largest borax reserve all over the world. The ... -
Boron (B) removal and bioelectricity captured from irrigation water using engineered duckweed-microbial fuel cell: effect of plant species and vegetation structure
Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl; Türe, Cengiz; Saz, Çağdaş (Springer Verlag, 2019)Boron (B) in the irrigation water can be hazardous to human beings and other aquatic or terrestrial organisms when B concentration exceeds a certain level. More importantly, B removal from irrigation water is relatively ... -
Boron removal with microcosm constructed wetlands (MCWs) with Carex divisa for treating contaminated river water
Işık, Gülçin; Saz, Çağdaş; Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl; Türe, Cengiz (Springer, 2020)Constructed wetlands (CWs) are capable of removing pollutants from the water environment; therefore, they are used for treating domestic, industrial, municipal, and mine drainage wastewater. In this study, we investigated ... -
Bıoremedıatıon of arsenıc (as) from mıne effluent by a horızontal flow constructed wetland: A case study ın largest borax reserve area ın over the world, Kırka/Eskişehir
Türker, Onur Can (Anadolu Üniversitesi, 2016)In the present experiment, a horizontal flow constructed wetland (HFCW) planted with Typha angustifolia, was tested to bioremediation potential for arsenic from mine effluent at the field in largest borax reserve area ... -
A combination method based on chitosan adsorption and duckweed (Lemna gibba L.) phytoremediation for boron (B) removal from drinking water
Türker, Onur Can; Baran, Talat (Taylor & Francis, 2018)The metalloid boron (B) and its compounds widely exist in the environment, and boron can have hazardous effects on plants, animals, and human beings when it is found in high concentrations in water bodies. It is difficult ... -
Constructed wetlands as green tools for management of boron mine wastewater
Türker, Onur Can; Türe, Cengiz; Böcük, Harun; Yakar, Anıl (Taylor & Francis, 2014)Constructed wetlands are of increasing interest worldwide given that they represent an eco-technological solution to many environmental problems such as wastewater treatment. Turkey possesses approximately 70% of the world's ... -
Constructed wetlands for boron removal: A review
Türker, Onur Can; Vymazal, Jan; Türe, Cengiz (2014)Boron (B) contamination in the environment still increases because of various natural sources and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, the problem of removing B from water becomes a worldwide concern due to its toxicity ... -
Cost-effectiveness of boron (B) removal from irrigation water: an economic water treatment model (EWTM) for farmers to prevent boron toxicity
Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl; Türe, Cengiz; Saz, Çağdaş (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019)Protection of water sources which are used for irrigation has raised great interest in the last years among the environmental strategists due to potential water scarcity worldwide. Excessive boron (B) in irrigation water ... -
Effect of vegetation type on treatment performance and bioelectric production of constructed wetland modules combined with microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) treating synthetic wastewater
Saz, Çağdaş; Türe, Cengiz; Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl (Springer Heidelberg, 2018)An operation of microcosm-constructed wetland modules combined with microbial fuel cell device (CW-MFC) was assessed for wastewater treatment and bioelectric generation. One of the crucial aims of the present experiment ... -
Engineered wetland reactors with different media types to treat drinking water contaminated by boron (B)
Türker, Onur Can; Türe, Cengiz; Yakar, Anil; Saz, Çağdaş (Elsevier Ltd., 2017)Boron (B) removal is a difficult process, and techniques based on conventional methodology mostly remove little or no B from drinking water. Therefore, an attractive, low cost, and environmental friendly treatment method ... -
Evaluation and application of an innovative method based on various chitosan composites and Lemna gibba for boron removal from drinking water
Türker, Onur Can; Baran, Talat (Elsevier, 2017)Boron exists in various types of water environments, and it is difficult and costly to remove B with conventional treatment methods from drinking water. Clearly, alternative and cost effective treatment techniques are ... -
Evaluation of an innovative approach based on prototype engineered wetland to control and manage boron (B) mine effluent pollution
Türker, Onur Can; Türe, Cengiz; Böcük, Harun; Yakar, Anıl; Chen, Yi (Springer Heidelberg, 2016)A major environmental problem associated with boron (B) mining in many parts of the world is B pollution, which can become a point source of B mine effluent pollution to aquatic habitats. In this study, a cost-effective, ... -
Heavy metals in wetlands in Turkey
Türker, Onur Can; Vymazal, Jan (Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2021)Wetland 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 ... -
A hybrid constructed wetland combined with microbial fuel cell for boron (B) removal and bioelectric production
Türker, Onur Can; Yakar, Anıl (Elsevier, 2017)This study deals with performance assessment of a hybrid constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (HCW-MFC) for boron (B) treatment and bioelectric production. Our innovative HCW-MFC is first literature report to testing ... -
Impacts of various filtration media on wastewater treatment and bioelectric production in up-flow constructed wetland combined with microbial fuel cell (UCW-MFC)
Yakar, Anıl; Türe, Cengiz; Türker, Onur Can; Vymazal, Jan; Saz, Çağdaş (Elsevier, 2018)A successful design and operation of up-flow constructed wetlands combined with microbial fuel cell (UCW-MFC) were assessed for wastewater treatment and bioelectric production. One of the main aims of present study is also ... -
Novel chitosan based smart cathode electrocatalysts for high power generation in plant based-sediment microbial fuel cells
Türker, Onur Can; Baran, Talat; Yakar, Anıl; Saz, Çağdaş (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)Smart electrocatalysts are synthesized from chitosan polymer and magnetic particles to enhance power by plant based sediment microbial fuel cell (P-SMFC). Cross-linked procedure is performed gelatinous microspheres as ... -
Phyto-management of boron mine effluent using native macrophytes in mono-culture and poly-culture constructed wetlands
Türker, Onur Can; Türe, Cengiz; Böcük, Harun; Yakar, Anıl (Elsevier, 2016)Due to the high solubility of boron (B) compounds in mine effluent and its potential to cause teratogenic effects in the ecological components, the boron mine effluent pollution issues have aroused more and more global ... -
The phytoremediation ability of a polyculture constructed wetland to treat boron from mine effluent
Türker, Onur Can; Böcük, Harun; Yakar, Anıl (Elsevier, 2013)This study focuses on describing the ability of a small-scale, subsurface-flow-polyculture-constructed wetland (PCW) to treat boron (B) mine effluent from the world's largest borax mine (Kirka, Turkey) under field conditions. ... -
Role of plants and vegetation structure on boron (B) removal process in constructed wetlands
Türker, Onur Can; Türe, Cengiz; Böcük, Harun; Çiçek, Arzu; Yakar, Anıl (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016)In this study, we investigated the direct role of plants and vegetation composition on B removal pathways, as well as the effect of the presence of plants on physicochemical parameter of wastewater in the constructed ...
