Heavy metal contamination & ecological risk assessment in the sediments of Melen River, Duzce, Turkey

dc.contributor.authorKeskin, Şeref
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T13:32:32Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T13:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentDÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractSediment samples were collected from along the Melen River. Those sediments have been affected municipal and industrial discharges that generated in around Duzce City, Turkey. In this study, the Melen River sediment pollution parameters were investigated. All locations are moderately enriched for Cr, Zn, and Pb and significantly enriched for Cd, Ni, and As. Ecological risk for Cd above 80 (97.21) and As was 76.99, indicating that this heavy metals pose moderate, moderate/high risk to the local ecosystem. All of the samples fall in the polluted areas (PLI) and the highest pollution load index (PLI) (11.36) value was observed at the DM14 site. According to PCA analysis, the pollution levels of heavy metals in DM1, DM2, and DM3 locations were relatively lower than other sample locations. Cu, Cr, As, and Ni contents falls between the TEL and PEL values, moreover Ni concentration exceed to both of the PEL and ERM values. Especially, according to high values of Eri, PCA, and SQG in between DM9 to DM15 locations, studied sediments have under the moderate toxicity risk for Ni, Cd, As, and Cu. © by PSP.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage4366en_US
dc.identifier.issn1018-4619
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage4357en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/340
dc.identifier.volume26en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherParlar Scientific Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFresenius Environmental Bulletinen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectContamination factor; Ecological risk index; Enrichment factor; Melen river; Sediment qualityen_US
dc.titleHeavy metal contamination & ecological risk assessment in the sediments of Melen River, Duzce, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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