Potentially Toxic Element-Induced Ecological Risk Assessment of Kilitbahir Port, Çanakkale, Türkiye

Year 2023, , 211 - 222, 30.04.2023

Uğur Oran , Ahmet Evren Erginal

https://doi.org/10.25288/tjb.1220278

Abstract

This study discusses the results of ecological risk analysis of sediments taken from Kilitbahir Port, one of the most active ports along the Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles). ICP-MS analyses of the collected samples revealed moderate enrichment in Mo, Cu, and Zn in relation to anthropogenic activities in the studied sediments. The compatibility of the geoaccumulation and enrichment factor data indicates that the pollution is anthropogenic. No significant toxic risk was detected, although Mo is the most enriched potentially toxic element. The ecological risk determined in terms of Hg and Cd is likely to be related to oil and fuel leaks caused by marine vessels passing to/from the Kilitbahir port and road traffic moving over the study area.

Keywords

Çanakkale, ecological risk, Kilitbahir Port, potentially toxic element

Supporting Institution

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Scientific Research Projects Unit

Project Number

SYL-2021-3521

Thanks

This research includes the master thesis data of the first author and was supported by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Scientific Research Projects Unit, within the scope of the graduate thesis project number SYL-2021-3521. We thank Serkan Kükrer and Şakir Fural for their valuable support in the analyses and Erdal Öztura for the sampling studies. We would like to thank the referees, chief editor Prof. Dr. Erdinç Yiğitbaş and co-editors for their constructive criticism and suggestions.

Kilitbahir Limanının Potansiyel Toksik Element Kaynaklı Ekolojik Rİsk Değerlendirmesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Çanakkale Boğazı boyunca en aktif limanlardan biri olan Kilitbahir Limanı'ndan alınan sedimanların ekolojik risk analizi sonuçları tartışılmaktadır. Liman ve çevresinden alınan numunelerden elde edilen ICP-MS analiz sonuçlarına göre Mo, Cu ve Zn'de orta düzeyde zenginleşme olmasının nedeninin antropojenik aktivitelerle ilişkili olduğu ortaya konulmuştur. Jeoakümülasyon ve zenginleştirme faktörü verilerininde uyumluluğu, kirliliğin antropojenik olduğunu göstermektedir. Çalışma alanında önemli bir toksik risk tespit edilmemiş olmasına ragmen Mo potansiyel toksik element olarak en çok zenginleşmiş elementtir. Çalışmada belirlenmiş olan Hg ve Cd türündeki ekolojik riskin ise Kilitbahir limanına/limanından geçen deniz araçlarının neden olduğu yağ ve yakıt sızıntıları ile çalışma alanındaki karayolu trafiği ile ilgili olması muhtemeldir.

Keywords

Çanakkale, ekolojik risk, Kilitbahir Limanı, toksik element potansiyeli

Project Number

SYL-2021-3521

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