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Bioaccumulation of trace metals and genotoxicity responses in Liza aurata as an indicator of industrial pollution

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Heavy metal contamination in the coastal and marine ecosystems is becoming a serious risk to aquatic organisms and humans. This study reports the effects, including genetic damage, of accumulations of trace metals on Liza aurata, which is used as a bio-indicator species, in the Payas coast of Iskenderun Bay, north-eastern Mediterranean by COMET Assay. L. aurata were seasonally collected from a sampling site and a reference site for one year. Physicochemical parameters in water and trace metals in the tissues of fish collected from these sites were determined by electrochemical techniques. High DNA damage frequency in L. aurata was observed along the Payas coast of Iskenderun Bay compared to the reference site because of pollutants. The detected high levels of Cd, Pb, Fe and Cu accumulation in L. aurata exceed the maximum levels allowed by the national and international limit values. Significant positive correlations between Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr, Fe, Zn, and Cu accumulations and DNA damage parameters were observed in the present study. Additionally, we first reported the successful use of the electrochemical technique in the determination of trace metal concentrations in mullet. Moreover, L. aurata constitutes a key tool as a sentinel organism for biomonitoring of coastal ecosystems.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to The Scientific Research Projects Office, Iskenderun Technical University for financial support (2019 YP-01), The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-2211/C National Ph.D. Scholarship Program for Priority Areas), and The Council of Higher Education for 100/2000 Ph.D. scholarship program for A. ERGENLER.

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This work (2019 YP-01) was supported by grants from The Scientific Research Projects Office, Iskenderun Technical University, Turkey.

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  1. Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Iskenderun Technical University, 31200, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey

    Funda Turan & Aysegul Ergenler

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, 01130, Saricam, Adana, Turkey

    M. Bertan Yilmaz, N. Seda Ilgaz & Hale Oksuz

  3. Faculty of Health Sciences, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey

    M. Lütfi Yola

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Funda TURAN: Conceptualization, Project administration, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing- Original Draft- Reviewing and Editing; M.Bertan YILMAZ: Project administration Methodology; Mehmet Lütfi YOLA: Project administration Methodology; Aysegül ERGENLER: Resources, Investigation; N. Seda ILGAZ: Investigation; Hale OKSUZ: Investigation.

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Turan, F., Yilmaz, M.B., Yola, M.L. et al. Bioaccumulation of trace metals and genotoxicity responses in Liza aurata as an indicator of industrial pollution. Ecotoxicology 31, 1390–1402 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-022-02591-x

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