An overview of the Black Sea pollution in Turkey

L Bat, A Öztekin, F Şahin, E Arıcı… - Mediterranean Fisheries …, 2018 - dergipark.org.tr
In the last four decades the Black Sea has suffered important changes induced by human
activities. Some 162 million people live in the catchment area of the Black Sea and they …

Beach litter contamination of the Turkish middle Black Sea coasts: Spatial and temporal variation, composition, and possible sources

L Bat, A Öztekin, DK Öztürk, P Gürbüzer… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine litter is one of the biggest environmental problems nowadays. Sinop, is located in the
heart of Türkiye's Black Sea coast, has a small population, and is a popular fishing and …

Heavy metal concentrations in the edible tissues of some commercial fishes caught along the Eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey and the health risk assessment

T Mutlu - Spectroscopy Letters, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Concentrations of some metals were determined in muscle tissue of five marine fish species
(Engraulis encrasicolus, Sarda sarda, Mullus barbatus, Trachurus mediterraneus, and …

Toxic metals in seven commercial fish from the southern Black Sea: Toxic risk assessment of eleven-year data between 2009 and 2019

L Bat, F Şahin, A Öztekin, E Arici - Biological Trace Element Research, 2022 - Springer
Concentrations of toxic metals (Cd, Hg and Pb) in the edible tissues of seven commercial
fish species (Mullus barbatus, Merlangius merlangus, Scophthalmus maximus, Mugil …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of heavy metal concentrations in Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Black Sea coast: Implications for food safety and human …

L Bat, Ö Yardım, A Öztekin, E Arıcı - Journal of Hazardous Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to investigate the concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Cu,
Zn, Fe) in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) samples collected from the Black Sea coast in …

Seasonal variation of trace elements and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) values of commercial marine fish from the black sea and human health risk assessment

T Mutlu - Spectroscopy Letters, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in stable carbon and nitrogen isotope
ratios, to determine the levels of metals (aluminum, copper, iron, manganese, lead, and …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of bioaccumulation and health risks of heavy metals in selected fish species from Red Sea coastal waters, Saudi Arabia

AM Younis, AM Mostafa, EM Elkady - Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive investigation into the metals bioaccumulation in
commercially important fish species collected from the coastal waters of Yanbu, Red Sea …

Heavy metal contamination in marine fish from the Andaman sea: Influence of habitat and health risk assessment

K Prabakaran, C Charoenpong, S Bureekul… - Marine Pollution …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract This study investigates Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, and Pb concentrations in 324 fish samples
from 43 species, including two cephalopod species, in the Andaman Sea. The fish were …

[HTML][HTML] Farmed Turkish salmon: toxic metals and health threat

B Levent, A Elif, Ö Ayşah, Ş Fatih - Foods and Raw materials, 2021 - cyberleninka.ru
Introduction. Toxic metals in fish, even at low levels, have negative consequences for human
health. Even essential metals pose a health threat if consumed in certain quantities …

Baseline evaluation of metal contamination in teleost fishes of the Gulf of Tigullio (north-western Italy): Histopathology and chemical analysis

A Reboa, A Mandich, L Cutroneo, C Carbone… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Metals, whether essential (Cu, Zn, Cr, Fe, Mn) or non-essential (Al, As, Cd, Ni, Pb,
Hg) for organism metabolism, occur naturally in the marine environment and their …