Tracking the microplastic accumulation from past to present in the freshwater ecosystems: A case study in Susurluk Basin, Turkey

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dc.authoridTavsanoglu, Ulku Nihan/0000-0001-8462-415X
dc.authoridCirak, Tamer/0000-0003-0431-9919
dc.authoridGOKDAG, Kerem/0000-0002-3800-0482
dc.contributor.authorAlmas, Fatma Feisal
dc.contributor.authorBezirci, Gizem
dc.contributor.authorCagan, Ali Serhan
dc.contributor.authorGokdag, Kerem
dc.contributor.authorCirak, Tamer
dc.contributor.authorKankilic, Gokben Basaran
dc.contributor.authorPacal, Elif
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:55:33Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:55:33Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractMicroplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems has become a global issue in recent years due to its presence everywhere around the world. Although several studies have explored the impact of the accumulation of those small particles in marine environments, comparisons of freshwater systems with marine environments are scarce. In the current study, due to the lack of long-term data on microplastic pollution, we used paleolimnological approaches to acquire the missing information regarding this hot topic. Two short cores were taken from Bursa province in Turkey, which is the center of industrial and agricultural production with many different sectors such as textile and manufacturing. The first core sample was taken from a relatively pristine environment, Lake Uluabat, and the second one was taken from a delta area where all the discharge coming from the basin flowed through to the Marmara Sea. The sediment core from the lake was dated back to the 1960's and the majority of the sample was dominated by fibers. Despite there being no uniform distribution pattern, the number of the microplastics showed decreasing trend after the lake became a Ramsar site. Due to the continuous mixing in the sampling area, there were obstacles via the dating of the Delta core. Nevertheless, the data showed that a high number and variety of microplastics have accumulated over the last decade in the province. This can be interpreted as microplastic pollution reaching the sea directly from the basin. These findings revealed that a plastic chronostratigraphy would give important temporal data regarding the microplastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (Tubitak-Caydag) [119Y031]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (Tubitak-Caydag 119Y031) . We thank Belda Erkmen for technical assistance in the field, Tuba Bucak for the preparation of Fig. 1 and Eti Ester Levi for manuscript editing.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135007
dc.identifier.issn0045-6535
dc.identifier.issn1879-1298
dc.identifier.pmid35644236
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85131407461
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/25800
dc.identifier.volume303
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000807999500005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofChemosphere
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectMicroplastics; Emergent contaminant; Paleolimnology; Ramsar site; Lake uluabat; Koca?ay delta
dc.titleTracking the microplastic accumulation from past to present in the freshwater ecosystems: A case study in Susurluk Basin, Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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