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Boron Concentration in Water, Sediment and Different Organisms around Large Borate Deposits of Turkey

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Boron is an essential nutrient for plants and an essential element for many organisms, but can be toxic to aquatic and terrestrial organisms above certain concentrations. The aim of this research was to determine boron concentrations in water, sediment and biotic samples (Gammaridae spp.-Crustacea, Helix sp.-Gastropoda, Donax sp.-Bivalvia, Helobdella sp.-Hirudinae, Ephemeroptera nymph, Chrinomidae larvae, Tipulidae larvae-Insecta, Rana sp.-Amphibia, Natrix sp.-Serpentes, fish sample Leiscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) and leaves of Salix sp.-Salicacea from Seydi Stream (Kırka-Eskişehir). Our results have shown that boron concentrations of the Seydi Stream water is higher than the Turkish Environmental Guidelines standard (>1 mg L−1) and in Europe (mean values typically below 0.6 mg L−1).

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  1. Biology Department, Science and Art Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meşelik, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Özgür Emiroğlu, Naime Arslan, Serdar Aksan & Melih Rüzgar

  2. Applied Research Centre for Environmental Problems, Anadolu University, 26555, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Arzu Çiçek

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Emiroğlu, Ö., Çiçek, A., Arslan, N. et al. Boron Concentration in Water, Sediment and Different Organisms around Large Borate Deposits of Turkey. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 84, 427–431 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-010-9961-8

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