Original Research Article
Galaxolide® pollution of Gracilaria bursa-pastoris collected in Dardanelles: An ecotoxicological marker of Danube River water route to Aegean Sea
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Kasim Cemal Guven |
Burak Coban |
Hüseyin Erdugan |
Article Number: irjpeh.029 | Pages: 122-126 | Vol.2 (9),September 2015 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15739/irjpeh.029
Received: August 15, 2015 Accepted: September 7, 2015 Published: September 14, 2015
Abstract
In this work, Galaxolide® pollution is reported in the alga Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S. G. Gmelin) P. C. Silva collected from Sogandere, Dardanelles. The identification was made by GC/MS analysis. Galaxolide®, widely used in perfumery was detected in water, river, marine organisms and algae. This pollutant was earlier detected in Danube River water, in the Bulgarian coast and in red alga Laurencia pyramidalis collected from the İğneada, western Black Sea coast of Turkey. These findings can generate a proof of Danube River water circulation to the Aegean Sea and the potential use of Galaxolide® as a chemical tracer for the assessment of hydrological pollution sources in the region.
Keywords: Galaxolide®, pollution, seaweed, Gracilaria bursa-pastoris.
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