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Assessment Of Toxic Metals In Sediments Of Meriç, Tunca And Ergene Rivers By Using Biological And Ecological Risk Indices

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  • Cem Tokatli

    (Trakya University, Ipsala Vocational School, Department of Laboratory Technology, İpsala/Edirne)

  • Yasin Baştatli

    (Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Kütahya)

Abstract

The Meriç River, the longest river of the Balkans, is the most important aquatic ecosystem within the Thrace Region of Turkey, along with its main tributaries, the Tunca and Ergene Rivers. In this study, the sediment quality of Meriç, Tunca, and Ergene Rivers was evaluated by using the Potential Ecological Risk Index (RI) and the Biological Risk Index (mERM-Q), both widely used methods in sediment quality assessment studies, to assess the ecological and biological risks of heavy metals within the river ecosystems. According to the results of the Biological Risk Index, nickel and chromium displayed the highest risk factors, and in terms of the Potential Ecological Risk Index, cadmium yielded the highest risk factor across all the investigated lotic ecosystems.

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  • Cem Tokatli & Yasin Baştatli, 2016. "Assessment Of Toxic Metals In Sediments Of Meriç, Tunca And Ergene Rivers By Using Biological And Ecological Risk Indices," CBU International Conference Proceedings, ISE Research Institute, vol. 4(0), pages 785-790, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aad:iseicj:v:4:y:2016:i:0:p:785-790
    DOI: 10.12955/cbup.v4.851
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