Toxicity of environmentally important micropollutants on three trophic levels

Hilal Yılmaz; Gülsen Avaz; Ülkü Yetiş; Melek Özkan

doi:10.3153/AR22003

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Toxicity of environmentally important micropollutants on three trophic levels

Abstract

Micropollution is a serious environmental problem caused by continuous entry of trace quantities of toxic chemical substances into the aquatic environment. In the present study, three trophic levels of the aquatic ecosystems were used to evaluate the acute toxicities of environmentally important micropollutants including heavy metals, pesticides and drugs. There is a scarcity of information on toxicity of the studied substances on marine water algae. Among studied micropollutants, the most toxic chemical to Daphnia magna and Danio rerio was found to be 1-Chloro-2,4 dinitrobenzene with EC50 of 0.002 and 4.2 mg/L, respectively. Although this compound was also toxic to marine algae, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, arsenic showed the highest toxicity to the algae with EC50 of 2.4 mg/L. As compared to other organisms, D. magna was found to have higher sensitivity to all of the tested micropollutants.

Keywords

Supporting Institution

TUBITAK

Project Number

115Y025

Thanks

We thank Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) for supporting this study.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Hydrobiology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hilal Yılmaz
0000-0002-5782-0283
Türkiye

Gülsen Avaz
0000-0003-2703-7877
Türkiye

Ülkü Yetiş
0000-0001-7322-0563
Türkiye

Melek Özkan ^*
0000-0001-9017-5389
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Submission Date

January 27, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 11, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 5 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR22003

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https://izlik.org/JA55KF82FD

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Yılmaz, H., Avaz, G., Yetiş, Ü., & Özkan, M. (2022). Toxicity of environmentally important micropollutants on three trophic levels. Aquatic Research, 5(1), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.3153/AR22003