ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Potential Impacts of a Waste Reception Facility
on Stable Isotope Composition of Zooplankton
and Particulate Organic Matter
in the Dardanelles
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Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Marine Science and Technology Faculty
Submission date: 2019-08-08
Final revision date: 2019-09-11
Acceptance date: 2019-10-27
Online publication date: 2020-03-27
Publication date: 2020-05-12
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Sinan Uzundumlu
Department of Marine Science, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100, Canakkale, Turkey
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(5):3367-3374
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In this study, seasonal stable isotope compositions of zooplankton and particulate organic matter
were analyzed from the coastal zone in Kepez Harbor, the discharge point of a waste treatment plant.
The results were compared with the results of a control station located 10 km away from the harbor.
Zooplankton samples were collected horizontally with a 200 μm mesh plankton net from the surface
waters. POM samples were collected with a 5L Nansen bottle and filtered through precombusted
GF/F filters. Variables such as temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a as well as oil-grease and chemical
oxygen demand were also determined in the study sites. The salinity values in the control station were
significantly higher than the harbor station through the whole year. The δ13C values of POM in the
control station were significantly higher than the values observed in the harbor station. The δ15N values
of zooplankton in the harbor were higher than the values obtained in the control station; however, the
differences were not significant. The values of oil-grease obtained in two stations were lower than the
values pronounced in EPA, EU, and Turkish Regulations. The study showed that the stable isotope
compositions were affected by terrestrial inputs and high currents rather than the facilities comprised
in the harbor.