Tracking the microplastic accumulation from past to present in the freshwater ecosystems: A case study in Susurluk Basin, Turkey
 
Yazarlar (8)
Fatma Feisal Almas
Çankiri Karatekin Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gizem Bezirci Çankiri Karatekin Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Ali Serhan ÇAĞAN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kerem Gökdağ
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tamer Çırak Aksaray Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gökben Başaran Kankılıç Kirikkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Elif Paçal Çankiri Karatekin Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ülkü Nihan Tavşanoğlu
Çankiri Karatekin Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Chemosphere (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0045-6535 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 01-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 303 / 1 / – DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135007
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135007
Özet
Microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems has become a global issue in recent years due to its presence everywhere around the world. Although several studies have explored the impact of the accumulation of those small particles in marine environments, comparisons of freshwater systems with marine environments are scarce. In the current study, due to the lack of long-term data on microplastic pollution, we used paleolimnological approaches to acquire the missing information regarding this hot topic. Two short cores were taken from Bursa province in Turkey, which is the center of industrial and agricultural production with many different sectors such as textile and manufacturing. The first core sample was taken from a relatively pristine environment, Lake Uluabat, and the second one was taken from a delta area where all the discharge coming from the basin flowed through to the Marmara Sea. The sediment …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Emergent contaminant | Kocaçay delta | Lake uluabat | Microplastics | Paleolimnology | Ramsar site