Sinop
considered the mid-point of the Black Sea in Turkey and is located on Boztepe
peninsula which is the most extended point of Turkish Black Sea coastline
towards north. The fact that three sides of the peninsula are surrounded by sea
has made fisheries a significant means of income. Fishery has an important
place in the economy of Sinop. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate
the levels of eight heavy metals (aluminium, arsenic, copper, zinc, mercury, lead,
cadmium and iron) in the edible tissues of Scophthalmus
maximus, Spicara maena, Chelidonichthys lucerna, Alosa fallax and Scorpaena porcus caught in Sinop coasts
of the Black Sea. The samples were obtained during the fishing season in 2013
directly from the Turkish fishing vessels. Hg, Cd and Pb were not detected in
the edible part of all fish samples. The
metal levels in edible tissues were no exceeded the standard guideline values
Estimated hazard index (HI) suggest that these metals in the edible tissues of
the fish do not toxic for consumers, where the HIs of all the considered metals
were below the value of 1.
Black Sea heavy metals estimated daily intake (EDI) hazard quotient (HQ) hazard index (HI)
Bölüm | Research Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 15 Mayıs 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 2 |
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