Phytotoxicity of sediment from Gölcük Lake (İzmir, Turkey) on Desmodesmus (=Scenedesmus) dimorphus
Abstract
Gölcük Lake (Bozdağ-İzmir) is polluted by the touristic activities and agricultural and domestic sources. Gölcük Lake also adversely impacts human health as the lake water is used for irrigation in agriculture, and the fish caught from the lake is used for nutrition by the community around it. For this purpose, “OECD 201 Algal Growth Inhibition Test”, the standard test protocol was evaluated with cultures of green algae Desmodesmus dimorphus as the representative of the first trophic level. This test was used to assess the toxicity of sediment samples collected from five sampling sites in Gölcük Lake. Extracts of sediment samples were assayed in four different concentrations (20, 40, 100, and 200 mg/ml). The effects on the growth of D. dimorphus were examined by scoring cell numbers under the light microscope with a Neubauer haemocytometer counting chamber. According to the results, all extracts, except those from Station 3, inhibited growth of D. dimorphus in increasing concentrations of sediment samples, and inhibition was observed in the following order of stations: 2>5>4>1. Additionally, an increase in the number of algae (hormesis) was observed in the Station 3, depending on time and concentrations.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Meltem Boyacıoğlu
Türkiye
Özlem Çakal Arslan
Muhammet Ali Karaaslan
Serkan Tez
Gizem Gülsever
Beyza Nalbantlar
Publication Date
June 12, 2017
Submission Date
June 12, 2017
Acceptance Date
February 10, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 34 Number: 2
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Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.40.1.06