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Ecological Risk Assessment of HCH and DDT Residues in a Sediment Core from the Küçükçekmece Lagoon, Turkey

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The residues of organochlorine pesticides (HCHs and DDTs) in a dated (137Cs and 210Pb) sediment core from the Küçükçekmece Lagoon, an urban lake at the southern entrance of the future Canal Istanbul Project, an artificial watercourse, were analyzed with the gas chromatograph equipped with electron capture detector (GC 63Ni-ECD). Concentrations of ∑HCH and ∑DDT along the core varied between 0.4 and 469.4 (average 51.4) ng g−1 dw, and between 0.5 and 72.0 (average 7.4) ng g−1 dw, respectively. α-HCH was the predominant isomer (98%) and followed by γ-isomer (2%). The highest concentrations of technical HCH were found in the sediments dated 1963–1972, whilst the DDT concentrations had their maximum around 1945. The highest concentrations of γ-HCH and p,p′-DDT exceeded probable-effect level values which can lead to frequently cause adverse effects on aquatic biota.

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We are grateful to Dr. Y. Altinok for sediment coring. This study was made possible by the financial supports from TÜBITAK (112Y104) and the Research Fund of Istanbul University (BEK-2016-21558).

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Ünlü, S., Alpar, B. Ecological Risk Assessment of HCH and DDT Residues in a Sediment Core from the Küçükçekmece Lagoon, Turkey. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 101, 358–364 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2400-y

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