ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN SEAWATER SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM BEACHES OF ASIAN SIDE OF ISTANBUL


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Authors

  • Esin BOZKURT Marmara University Department of Environmental Engineering, 34722, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Öner ELİRİ Marmara University Department of Environmental Engineering, 34722, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mehmet KESİKTAŞ Marmara University Department of Environmental Engineering, 34722, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey

Keywords:

Heavy metal concentrations, sea water, beach

Abstract

This study proposed to investigate the quality of seawater to protect health of people which do recreational activities such as swimming. Ni and Pb concentrations in seawater samples taken from Kucuksu, Fenerbahce and Suadiye beaches in Asian side of Istanbul between Feburary 9 and May 4, 2009 were investigated. Agilent 7500 A inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrument was used to perform water samples analysis. The nickel concentrations were mostly below the recommended marine recreational water quality criteria for water pollution. But the lead concentrations in seawater were above the limit.

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Published

2014-03-30

How to Cite

BOZKURT, E., ELİRİ, Öner, & KESİKTAŞ, M. (2014). ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN SEAWATER SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM BEACHES OF ASIAN SIDE OF ISTANBUL. Journal of Recreation and Tourism Research, 1(1), 39–47. Retrieved from https://www.jrtr.org/index.php/jrtr/article/view/103

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): JRTR

Section

Research Paper

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