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Monitoring and assessment of heavy metal/metalloid concentration by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) method in Gonyeli Lake, Cyprus

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The presence of heavy metals/metalloids in the ecosystem has been an increasing ecological and global public health concern due to their potential to cause adverse health effects. For this reason, the accumulation of some heavy metals such as Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, As, Cd, Pb was assessed by way of ICP-MS in water, sediment and fish (Cyprinus carpio) sampled from Gonyeli Lake, North Cyprus. The results showed that these metals/metalloids are found widespread throughout the study area. In water, most concentrated element was manganese with 92.1 ppb and least concentrated was lead with 0.914 ppb. In sediment, copper had the highest concentration with 613 ppm, and cadmium the lowest with 1.57 ppm. In fish tissues (muscle and gills), the most concentrated element was manganese with 12.5 ppm and the least concentrated cadmium with 0.017 ppm. These results indicate that future remediation efforts are indispensable for the rehabilitation of the lake.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Assoc. Prof. Deniz Ayas for his help during the fish dissection work. This study was supported by Near East University, Centre of Excellence (grant no. 2016-04045).

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  1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Near East University, 99138, Nicosia, North Cyprus

    Fehmi Burak Alkas, Jehad Abdullah Shaban, Dilek Battal & Sahan Saygi

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Gazi University, 06330, Ankara, Turkey

    Ayca Aktas Sukuroglu

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Mersin University, 33343, Mersin, Turkey

    Mehmet Ali Kurt

  4. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Mersin University, 33169, Mersin, Turkey

    Dilek Battal

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• Heavy metal and metalloid concentrations were investigated using ICP-MS in sediment, fish (Cyprinus carpio) and water samples at Gonyeli Lake.

• Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu), Lead (Pb) and Manganese (Mn) were found to be in excess of permissible limits.

• Metals pollution may impact on local water quality, seafood catch, aquaculture, livelihoods and public health.

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Alkas, F.B., Shaban, J.A., Sukuroglu, A.A. et al. Monitoring and assessment of heavy metal/metalloid concentration by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) method in Gonyeli Lake, Cyprus. Environ Monit Assess 189, 516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6222-x

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