Meltem Boyacıoğlu, C. Aygen, M. Karaaslan, Didem Özdemir Mis, Özlem Çakal Arslan
{"title":"A preliminary investigation of the effects of surface waters of the Bakırçay River on the growth of green algae Scenedesmus dimorphus","authors":"Meltem Boyacıoğlu, C. Aygen, M. Karaaslan, Didem Özdemir Mis, Özlem Çakal Arslan","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.40.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.40.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"Bakırçay River, one of the important rivers of the Aegean region, has a length of 129 km and an approximate catchment area of 3160 km2. Bakırçay River, which carries agricultural drainage and polluted wastewater with high nitrogen and phosphorus content, is polluted due to domestic and agricultural resources. The water of the Bakırçay River is used for irrigation in agriculture and fishing from the dam lakes on the river for feeding purposes also negatively affects the health of the people in the vicinity. In the Bakırçay River, there is widespread pollution caused by mining areas as well as domestic, industrial and agricultural pollution. For this purpose, the “Algal Growth Inhibition Test, OECD 201” was applied to the water samples obtained from 10 stations on the Bakırçay River. Scenedesmus dimorphus (Turpin) Kützing, 1834 green algae culture, accepted as the primary trophic level representative for the \" Algal Growth Inhibition Test, OECD 201\" test, one of the short-term phytotoxicity test methods, was used in this test. Water samples were tested at five different dilutions (40, 60, 80, 100 %). To determine the effects on the growth of Scenedesmus dimorphus, the cells were counted by fluorimeter (Turner design) daily at the same time and the test duration was 72 hours. In conclusion, the highest level of toxicity was found at Stations 1, 9, 10,13,14, and 15. The reason for this was that there was a coal facility near Station 9 and that all branches of the Bakırçay River joined near Station15 and then drained into Çandarlı Bay.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73137101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infection of the swim bladder parasite Anguillicoloides crassus in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) caught from the Gediz Delta (Aegean Sea)","authors":"A. Salman","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.40.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.40.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"The wild European eels (776 fish, mean total length of 547±91 mm, mean weight 340±198 g) were obtained monthly between October 2015-September 2016 in Gediz Delta (Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea). A total of 263 nematode parasites (Anguillicoloides crassus) were isolated from the swim bladders of 52 parasitized fish. Parasitological indices were found relatively low. The prevalence was 6.7% and the mean intensity was 5.05. The abundance of A. crassus was also calculated as 0.33 in all sampled eels.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"139 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73425468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The comparison of population density of Holothuria tubulosa (Gmelin, 1790) and Holothuria polii (Delle Chiaje, 1823) between exploited and non-exploited areas in the Aegean Sea coast of Türkiye","authors":"Altan Lök, Aytaç Özgül, Tuğçe Şensurat Genç, Evrim Kurtay, A. Lök","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.01","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing demand from the Asian market first led to the collapse of economically valuable sea cucumber stocks in the Indo-Pacific, and then demand shifted to lower value Mediterranean species. The effect of this change in sea cucumber stocks in Türkiye started to be seen after the 2010s. To address it, we carried out a study to compare the population density of the most caught Holothuria tubulosa and Holothuria polii species between exploited and non-exploited areas in the Aegean Sea coast of Türkiye. The study was carried out between September 2018 and March 2020 at 4 stations, two of which are in Çandarlı Bay, where sea cucumber fishing is free, and two in İzmir Bay, where it is prohibited. Samplings between 0-20 m depths were carried out with underwater transect line technique, and at depths deeper than 20 m, with beam trawling operations. A total of 6 sea cucumber species were identified, including Holothuria mammata, Holothuria sanctori, Parastichopus regalis and Holothuria forskali species, apart from the target species H. tubulosa and H. polii. Only one P. regalis individual was recorded in the samplings in waters deeper than 20 m. The mean densities of H. tubulosa and H. polii were found to be higher in İzmir Bay stations than in Çandarlı Bay (p<0.05). The results of this study clearly reveal that the population density of sea cucumber in sampling areas has decreased tens of times compared to the last 5 years.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84132311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards zero waste: Sustainable waste management in aquaculture","authors":"Hijran Yavuzcan Yıldız, S. Pulatsü","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.11","url":null,"abstract":"Increases in aquaculture production due to higher demand for aquatic foods result in an increase in the amount of aquaculture wastewater. This situation highlights the need for the effective treatment of wastewater in sustainable aquaculture. Today, instead of traditional physical and chemical methods in the treatment of wastewater originating from aquaculture, ecosystem-sensitive and by-product-oriented systems have begun to be adopted. The main principle of the zero-waste approach is the recycling of the nutrients in the wastewater to produce another food. In this new innovative approach, the production of other organisms from the different trophic levels using the wastewater of aquaculture in the integrated multi-trophic systems (such as aquaponics) is possible to recycle the nutrients. It has been considered the integrated multi-trophic systems (IMTA) more valuable as these systems can be used both in environment-friendly wastewater treatment and in the conversion of nutrients in wastewater to biomass. The nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus in aquaculture wastewater can be utilized to produce two organisms (i.e. fish+mussel) or three organisms (i.e. fish+mussel+seaweed) through IMTA. Aquaculture wastewater can be used to reduce the nutrients in constructed wetlands and plant lagoons representing the reasonable approach for sustainable aquaculture and wastewater treatment. \u0000Here, the innovative approach to sustainable aquaculture wastewater treatment was reviewed for the current and innovative technologies. It was emphasized that the need for environment-friendly wastewater treatment Technologies such as aquaponics, enlargement of constructed wetlands, or increase in using the integrated multi-trophic production systems (IMTA) in practice are recommended for sustainable aquaculture.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83798990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prediction models of dye adsorption by Treptacantha barbata","authors":"Esra Üçüncü Tunca, Pınar Akdoğan Şirin, H. Türe","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.05","url":null,"abstract":"This study's objective was to develop a model to determine dye adsorption efficiency of Treptacantha barbata (Stackhouse) Orellana& Sansón, 2019 (formerly Cystoseira barbata (Stackhouse) C. Agardh, 1820). During the experiments, treatment groups, such as initial dye Methylene Blue (MB) concentration (0.1-10.0 mg L-1), contact time (5 to 1440 min) and adsorbent dosage (0.1-2 g) were applied. Scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy were used to analyze the adsorbent. T. barbata was found to be quite successful in removing dye (69% -100%) for all experiments, and the qe values increased with the increased the initial dye concentration. Very rapid dye removal was detected during the first contact time, especially up to 15 min. Isotherms, kinetics, and regression models were applied to the batch experimental results. The results displayed that adsorption process was suitable with the Langmuir isotherm model (R2: 0.97).","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88484014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Kılınç, Fevziye Nihan Bulat, Sevcan Demir Atalay
{"title":"Development of prediction models to estimate the total number of mesophilic aerobic and lactic acid bacteria of squid rings that were cooked before marinating","authors":"B. Kılınç, Fevziye Nihan Bulat, Sevcan Demir Atalay","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.07","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted in order to develop different statistical models for estimating the bacterial count of squid rings marinated with lemon juice and mineral water after cooking. The marination ratios and times were as follows: (10:90; 90:10; 50:50; 100:100/100 g squid ring) and (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 h), respectively. The effects of marination ratios and times on the microbiological and sensory changes of the cooked squid rings were observed at 4°C. Pathogenic bacteria (Vibrio spp., Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli) were not found in the cooked (C) and cooked marinated (CM) squid rings in the present study. The TMC (total mesophilic aerobic bacteria counts) of all groups were determined as consumable at 72 h, whereas the TMC of C and CM samples (C7, CM7, CM14, CM21, CM28) increased to 5.92, 5.83, 5.71, 5.57 and 5.42 log cfu/g, respectively. Regression models were created to estimate the TMC and lactic acid bacteria count (LBC) of cooked squid rings during the marination process at 4°C to determine the increasing rates of bacterial growth of samples. As a result of this study; when compared with Model I and Model II; both of them can be preferred for predicting the TMC of C and CM samples. The variability in the TMC of C and CM squid samples was obtained as 93% in Model I, whereas the variability in the TMC of these samples was observed as 91% in Model II. So, these two models performed well, and they can be used for predicting the TMC of C and CM samples. Additionally, Model III was also developed for estimating the prediction value of LBC of cooked squid samples during the marination process at 4°C. This model was also determined very good performance (86%) to estimate the predicting values of LBC and it can be very essential together used with Model I or Model II for marinated fishery products to estimate the real shelf-life.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"36 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91501601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abnormal hermaphroditic shark Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826) (Chondrichthyes: Squalidae) from the Aegean Sea","authors":"Uğur Özden, E. Irmak","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.10","url":null,"abstract":"Eighty-six specimens of longnose spurdog Squalus blainville were examined for determination of some bio-ecogical features. During the study, one of the specimens was determined as a hermaphrodite with a clasper and yolk sac formation. This very rare case in elasmobranch is a report of hermaphroditism recorded from the Aegean Sea.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85401899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saeid Shahbazi Naserabad, H. Poorbagher, S. Eagderi
{"title":"Estimating length-weight, length-length relationships, and condition factor of eight fish species, a case study of Bashar River, Tigris drainage (Iran)","authors":"Saeid Shahbazi Naserabad, H. Poorbagher, S. Eagderi","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.09","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigate investigated the length-weight, length-length relationships and condition factor of eight fish species collected from Bashar River, Tigris drainage by sampling 341 specimens of Alburnus sellal (Heckel, 1843), Barbus karunensis (Khaefi, Esmaeili, Geiger & Eagderi, 2017), Capoeta aculeate (Valenciennes, 1844), Capoeta coadi (Alwan, Zareian & Esmaeili, 2016), Chondrostoma regium (Heckel, 1843), Garra gymnothorax (Berg, 1949), Glyptothorax galaxias (Mousavi-Sabet, Eagderi, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2021) and Turcinoemacheilus hafezi (Golzarianpour, Abdoli, Patimar & Freyhof, 2013). The results showed that the b parameter was form 2.41 (in C. aculeate) to 3.88 (in A. sellal) and condition factors ranged from 0.74 (in A. sellal and B. karunensis) to 1.35 (in C. aculeate). The coefficient of determination (r2) in the length-weight and length-length relationships was > 0.83. In conclusion, allometric growth patterns for A. sellal, B. karunensis, G. gymnothorax, and G. galaxias were positive while for C. aculata, C. regium and T. hafezi, and C. coadi presented negative patterns. This study represents the first data for G. galaxias.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84236306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated assessment with biomarker responses and metal concentrations on some fish species from İzmir Bay: A preliminary investigation","authors":"Mustafa Bilgin, Esin Uluturhan-Suzer, E. Darılmaz","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.4.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.4.03","url":null,"abstract":"Antioxidant related biomarkers (superoxide dismutase, catalase, malondialdehyde) were investigated to evaluate metal (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, and Mn) bioaccumulation in some organs of fish species (Sparus aurata, Chelon labrosus, Diplodus vulgaris) from the İzmir Bay. Samples were collected at November 2019 from Inner and Outer Bays. Metal and biomarker analyses were carried out by Atomic Absorption Spectrometer and microplate reader, respectively. For metal analyses in organs, higher metal bioaccumulations were found at liver tissues. Higher Hg and Zn concentrations were found in S. aurata, higher Cd, Cr, Cu and, Mn concentrations were detected in C. labrosus and higher Pb concentrations were determined in D. vulgaris. In biomarker results, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were generally higher in gills, however, MDA contents were higher at liver. The highest biomarker results were detected at C. labrosus. Statistical analyses were demonstrated that especially MDA content were expressed strong responses for the metal bioaccumulations. Also, Mn levels were considerably correlated with all biomarkers as expected. This study revealed that combined utilization of biomarkers and metal concentrations could be a vital indicator to investigate health status of the marine ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80218344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The remarkable observation for a mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) food from estuarine/coastal area (İzmir/Turkey): A mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)","authors":"A. Salman, I. Kurtul, H. Sarı","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.39.3.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.39.3.03","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to create awareness about the species of mosquito fishes (Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859) both vectors and ways of introduction to new aquatic habitats. Because the species creates risks, especially for the circumstance of the native and endemic fish fauna, studies about introduction stories of the species are quite important to prevent the risk. In the current report, mosquitofishes which are known as a highly invasive species were found in the crop content of a hen mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos L., 1758) in an estuarine area, the Gediz River Basin (İzmir, Turkey). This report is the first record of a duck consuming mosquitofish. Although nevertheless, it is known that mallard duck feeding behaviour does not predominantly contain fish (they mainly feed on plant seeds), according to this observation, mosquitofish might be added to the prey list of mallards as a new type of food. Therewith, this feeding behavior also indicates that ducks might be a potential vector for the transport of invasive mosquitofishes.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85049961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}