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Exotic Polychaetes of a Sewage Pollution Influenced Lagoon (Çardak Lagoon, Turkish Straits)

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  • Ertan Dağlı

    (Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye)

  • Abdullah Suat Ateş

    (Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale, Türkiye)

  • Seçil Acar

    (Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale, Türkiye)

  • Yeşim Büyükateş

    (Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale, Türkiye)

  • Alper Doğan

    (Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye)

  • Ahmet Kerem Bakır

    (Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye)

Abstract

This paper includes three exotic polychaeta species, Hydroides dianthus (Verrill, 1873), Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802, and Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937), found during benthic samplings in Çardak Lagoon (Turkish Straits). The sampling was collected from the sandy and silty bottoms known to be polluted by sewage discharges. A total of 45 specimens of exotic polychaetes ( H. dianthus : 1; P. cornuta : 4; P. paucibranchiata : 40) were found. The correlation values between the annual average values of the nutrients and the polychaeta abundance showed that the highest positive relationships with the abundance were between sand content, total phosphate, and pH. P. cornuta was the most observed species with a frequency index value of 75%, while H. dianthus was represented with a single species in the study area. Albeit the previous studies, P. paucibranchiata was observed most abundantly in the sampling station having low organic matter amounts. The study showed that opportunistic polychaetes observed in Çardak Lagoon mostly preferred organically poor sediments.

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  • Ertan Dağlı & Abdullah Suat Ateş & Seçil Acar & Yeşim Büyükateş & Alper Doğan & Ahmet Kerem Bakır, 2023. "Exotic Polychaetes of a Sewage Pollution Influenced Lagoon (Çardak Lagoon, Turkish Straits)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-18, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:11:p:8946-:d:1161939
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