{"title":"Optical characterization of chromophoric dissolved organic matter at eutrophic and oligotrophic parts of a semi-enclosed bay (İzmir, Aegean Sea)","authors":"H. Alyürük, A. Kontaş","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.09","url":null,"abstract":"Optical characterization of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) from Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea) waters was investigated. For sampling, surface and subsurface seawater from 7 stations were collected in summer 2015. Excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectra of each sample were recorded on a fluorescence spectrophotometer. The results showed that dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and EEM peaks were increased from the outer bay to inner bay stations. EEM peaks indicated the presence of both humic-like and protein-like components which were higher at middle-inner bays than outer bay. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients for EEM peak intensities and DOC concentrations were highly positive (p<0.05). HIX found between 0.73-3.51, whereas BIX ranged from 0.31 to 0.96 in the bay. Humification degree of CDOM in the middle-inner bays were higher compared to outer bay stations. High HIX values in the middle-inner bays could be linked to the presence of Melez stream (heavily polluted), other streams, rain run-offs and maritime activities at Izmir Bay. High BIX values in the middle-inner bays indicated presence of freshly produced DOM from bacterial origin. Optical characterization of CDOM could be used for tracing fluorescent DOM components and determining different DOM sources (autochthonous or allochthonous) in further studies. ","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"199-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89526086","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}
A. Sukatar, Alperen Ertaş, R. Akgül, İnci Tüney Kızılkaya
{"title":"Assessment of the ecological and trophic status of Lake Bafa (Turkey) based on phytoplankton","authors":"A. Sukatar, Alperen Ertaş, R. Akgül, İnci Tüney Kızılkaya","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"Phytoplankton groups are one of the major quality element to be used in the evaluation of the trophic and ecological state of freshwater ecosystems according to the EU Water Framework Directive. This research was made to assess the trophic and ecological status of Lake Bafa in Turkey, on the basis of phytoplankton communities. Buyuk Menderes River is one of the most important factor that carries pollutants to Lake Bafa. The eight sampling station were assigned to evaluate the ecological and trophic state of the lake. Phytoplankton species were collected monthly for 2 years study period. Most commonly used phtoplankton indices Q index and Carlson’s Trophic State Index (TSI), and different versions of diversity indices were used to estimate trophic and ecological state of the lake. Similarities between the sampling stations were clustured by using the unweighted pair group method using arithmetic average (UPGMA), based on phytoplankton communities. Correlations between the applied indices were determined by using Pearson Correlation. After the identification of collected phytoplanktons, total of 63 taxa which belong to classis of Cyanophyceae (11.2%), Bacillariophyceae (49.2%), Chlorophyceae (23.8%), Xanthophyceae (1.5%), Euglenophyceae (11.2%) and Dinophyceae (3.1%) were detected. The 1 st and 2 nd stations were the most similar stations to each other (88%) according to phytoplankton communities. Secchi disc depth (SD) and TP played an important role in the distribution of phytoplankton species in Lake Bafa. The highest significant positive correlation was determined between Q and TSI (r = 0.987, p˂0.01). Considering the TDI values in the phytoplankton composition of the lake, it can be said that although the productivity status of the studied lake is still “ mesotrophic ”, it has a tendency towards “ eutrophic ” state. According to the Q values, the first five stations reflect the moderate ecological state, while the 6 th , 7 th and 8 th stations represent the poor ecological state.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":"135-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83401119","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":"Age estimation and the best growth model selection of the tentacled blenny Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich, 1768) in the southeastern Black Sea","authors":"Ayşe Van, A. Gümüş, M. Özpiçak, Serdar Süer","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.13","url":null,"abstract":"By the study's coverage, 522 individuals of tentacled blenny (Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich, 1768)), were caught with the bottom trawl operations (commercial fisheries and scientific field surveys) between May 2010 and March 2012 from the southeastern Black Sea. The size distribution range of the sample varied between 4.8-10.8 cm. The difference between sex length (K-S test, Z=3.729, P=0.000) and weight frequency distributions (K-S test, Z=3.605, P=0.000) was found to be statistically significant. The length-weight relationship models were defined as isometric with W = 0.009L3.034 in male individuals and positive allometric with W = 0.006L3.226 in female individuals. Otolith and vertebra samples were compared for the selection of the most accurate hard structure that can be used to determine the age. Otolith was chosen as the most suitable hard structure. The current data set was used to predict the best growth model. For this purpose, the growth parameters were estimated with the widely used von Bertalanffy, Gompertz and Logistic growth functions. Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), Lmak./L∞ ratio, and R2 criteria were used to select the most accurate growth models established through these functions. Model averaged parameters were calculated with multi-model inference (MMI): L'∞ = 15.091 cm, S.E. (L'∞) = 3.966, K'= 0.232 year-1, S.E. (K') = 0.122.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80721417","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":"Micronucleus formation in mussel’ (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lamarck 1819) haemolymph, liver, and gill cells as a biomarker in the assessment of genotoxicity in İzmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey)","authors":"Özlem Çakal Arslan, Meltem Boyacıoğlu, Beyza Nalbantlar, Gizem Gülsever, M. Karaaslan","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.08","url":null,"abstract":"The sea has involved a large variety of environmental contaminants and plays a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems. The Izmir Bay, which has been rapidly polluted since the 1960s, was one of the intensely polluted areas in the Mediterranean. Organic materials, hydrocarbons, metals, and pathogenic organisms that are accumulated in the region, caused high pollution and threaten health and aesthetics. Because of this, the aim of this paper was focus on to investigations of the genetic damages in mussels in Izmir Bay. Investigations of mutagenic/carcinogenic potential have an advantage in genotoxicity studies because biomarker for pollution exposure in mussel is the early detection of possible long-term effects such as cancer. Therefore, genotoxicity was the focus of the biomarker investigations in mussel during the investigations. Thus, micronucleus tests were afforded to determine genetic damage in the haemolymph, liver, and gills of Mytilus galloprovincialis living in Izmir Bay (Western Coast of Turkey). In the present study, results showed that the frequency of MN was found at a high level in station 4 and station 5 where wastes from dockyard existed contributed to the high level of pollution. The recommendation is to standardize procedures for assessment of the toxic impact of pollutants at the cellular level in aquatic species by using micronucleus assays for biomonitoring of environmental pollution.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"50 1","pages":"189-197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89847437","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":"Assessment of bacteria and archaea levels in Çakalburnu Lagoon (İzmir) sediments by real-time PCR","authors":"Burcu Omuzbüken, A. Kaçar","doi":"10.12714/egejfas.38.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.38.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"Coastal lagoons are shallow water masses, discredited from the marines as a barrier that permits water to change through one or more inputs. These fragile ecosystems have a specific type of sediments with their own characteristics. Biogeochemical processes, mostly intervened by the benthic microbial loop, are significant for understanding the relationships among the lagoon and the contiguous coastal partition. This study was conducted in the Çakalburnu Lagoon (İzmir) area, which is located at the Bay of İzmir and the area covers 67 hectares. The aim of the present study is to constitute of determining the number of different microbial communities in the lagoon sediments. We collected from lagoon sediments samples at 7 stations and we applied a Real-time qPCR assay to determine levels of archaea (ARC), methanogenic archaea (MCRA), anaerobic methane oxidation archaea (ANME 1, ANME 2a, ANME 2c), bacteria (BAC) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB2) in the study. The amount of maximum abundance of archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA gene in sediments are 2,66x1010 gene copy numbers/g and 3,89x107 gene copy numbers/g, respectively. So, it was established that the archaeal abundance was intense in the lagoon sediments. The characterization of microbial diversity is significant for the comprehension of the biological fundamentals of the ecosystem. The data presented in our study contributes to the studies on preserving ecological and microbiological balance and determining biogeochemical cycles in sensitive ecosystems such as lagoons. The research will be conducted on studies to determine the abundance levels of seasonal and annual microbial groups in the future.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"176 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83258188","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":"Effect of hook and bait type on catch per unit effort in the Aegean Sea demersal longline fishery","authors":"O. Soykan, C. Sağlam, İ. Aydin, H. Kınacıgil","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.2.07","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to determine the impact of hook and bait type on the catch composition and catch per unit effort. Effects of hook and bait types on catch composition, catch per unit effort (CPUE), length and weight distributions in demersal longline fishery were determined by experimental surveys on demersal longline sets in the Aegean Sea. A total of 12 samplings corresponding to 4800 hook fishing effort were performed between April 2014 and September 2014. Two bait types; sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and grooved razor shell (Solen marginatus) and two hook types; J-hook and C-hook were tested. CPUE values were calculated for each species and assessed between different hook-bait combinations. \u0000A total of 623 individuals were captured belonging to 3 families and 9 species. It was found that more than 60% of total catch was captured by grooved razor shell and more than 50% of the total catch was caught with J type hook. J hook was found to be close to significant (p=0.06) and grooved razor shell was found significant (p=0.02) for CPUE. The effect of bait type was found to be more significant than that of hook type for CPUE and length distribution. Hook-bait combination differed according to species and C hook baited with sardine was determined to be the best combination for Sparus aurata as the most targeted fish in the study area. Discard ratio was calculated to be 34% in terms of weight and 42.5% in terms of total number of individuals for pooled data. The condition value (K) of the species ranged from 1.05 to 1.68 and differed according to bait type. \u0000Most of the high commercial value species caught with any hook-bait combination experimented within this study are larger than minimum fishing length according to minimum landing size regulations of Turkish fishery and maturity studies.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"111 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76132668","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 diversity, abundance and seasonal distribution of planktonic microcrustacean (Copepoda, Cladocera) in Kayalıköy Reservoir (Kırklareli/Turkey)","authors":"Hüseyin Güher, Burak Öterler","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out to determine the diversity, abundance and seasonal distribution of planktonic microcrustaceans (Cladocera, Copepoda) in Kayalikoy Reservoir. Cladocera and Copepoda samples were collected from May 2018 to April 2019 at three stations in the reservoir and some environmental parameters were measured. The qualitative evaluation of the samples revealed presence of 40 species, 24 from Cladocera and 16 from Copepoda, in the reservoir. The quantitative evaluation of the samples showed that 52690 ind./m³ zooplankton on average was found in the reservoir. The most common species in the reservoir were Daphnia cucullata, D. longispina, D. pulex, Bosmina longirostris and Chydorus sphaericus from Cladocera, and Arctodiaptomus wierzejskii, Acanthocyclops robustus and Thermocyclops crassus from Copepoda. According to the water quality standards, the measured values of water temperature, dissolved oxygen, sulfate, salinity and chloride indicated the first quality of water, while the light permeability, nitrite-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, ortho-phosphate and chlorophyll-a values indicated the second and third quality of water levels. According to these results, we conclude that Kayalikoy Reservoir has a mesotrophic character in terms of the microcrustacean fauna and the physicochemical parameters.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"117 1","pages":"21-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84930743","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":"Interaction between dolphins and coastal fisheries and using acoustic deterrent in reducing of interaction","authors":"Emre Namlıtürk","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted at the Unye-Ordu coasts of the South-eastern Black Sea, from May 2015 and February 2017, to investigate the frequency of dolphins-bottom gillnet fisheries interactions, the role of using acoustic deterrent in reducing the damage inflicted by the dolphins to the gillnets and to the fish caught in the gillnets. For this purpose, two gillnet sets with similar technical and equipment characteristics were prepared. While one of the groups had acoustic deterrent (active group), the other did not have acoustic deterrent (control group). In the study were used Future Oceans (70 kHz) deterrent. During the study, in only 3 of the 65 fishing trials have determined the interaction of dolphins with gillnets. It was determined that the number of holes in the gillnets caused by the dolphins was 36.3% less in the nets with acoustic deterrent than the control nets. On the other hand, the CPUE value of the whiting was estimated as 2.01 ± 0.23 kg km-1 s-1 in the gillnets with acoustic deterrent and 1.97 ± 0.24 kg km-1 s-1 in the control nets. These results showed that the use of acoustic deterrent does not have a negative effect on the catch of whiting caught in the gillnets.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":"43-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84124840","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":"An appendage abnormality in the first left pereiopod of red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) reared in the laboratory conditions","authors":"Onur Karadal","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.13","url":null,"abstract":"Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is the most cultivated crayfish species in the world that has commercial importance for both aquaculture and aquarium industries. In this study, a case report of an appendage abnormality observed in the left cheliped of a female specimen (6.92 g) reared under laboratory conditions is presented. It has been determined that the specimen has two appendages in the left cheliped root. Of these appendages, the left one (1.06 cm) ends in a blunt. On the right (1.27 cm), a spiny structure similar to that of the fourth and fifth walking legs was observed.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"107-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89287669","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}
Mehmet Cìlbìz, Rahmi Uysal, Abdulkadir Yağcı, S. Korkut, K. Çapkın, M. Cesur
{"title":"CPUE comparison of traditional crayfish fyke net rigged with knotted net and alternatively knotless net","authors":"Mehmet Cìlbìz, Rahmi Uysal, Abdulkadir Yağcı, S. Korkut, K. Çapkın, M. Cesur","doi":"10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12714/EGEJFAS.38.1.09","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, it is aimed to compare the yield and strength of the crayfish fyke rigged with knotless net with 210d/12 rope thickness with those of the traditional net material rigged with 210d/6 knotted net which is widely used in Turkey in fishing crayfish ( Pontastacus leptodactylus , Eschscholtz, 1823). The study was carried out on a monthly basis between June 2017 and May 2018. In the study, a total of 300 fyke nets, equipped with 150 classical and 150 alternative nets, were used. The caught crayfishes were measured and weighted according to the fyke net they were caught in. A total of 3509 crayfish were caught, 1465 of which were caught with alternative fyke net and 2044 with traditional fyke net. Average CPUE value ranged from 10.93 (g/fyke net/day) to 281.14 (g/fyke net/day) for per fishing operation. Average CPUE value of the traditional gear was found to be 98.34 (g/fyke net/day) , while that of the alternative gear was determined as 79.46 (g/fyke net/day), and no statistically significant difference was found between average CPUE values (p>0.05). Average strength value of the traditional fyke net was determined as (± SE) 10.43 ± 0.27 kg, while that value in 210d / 12 knotless net was identified as 14.50 ± 0.91 kg (p<0.05). Although it has high strength, since the CPUE value of the alternative fyke net is lower by 19.20% compared to the traditional gear, it is believed that its use in crayfish fishing will not be profitable.","PeriodicalId":11439,"journal":{"name":"Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences","volume":"49 2 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91116260","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}