Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.901

E. Sarı, S. Ünlü, R. Apak, N. Balci, B. Koldemir

{"title":"Distribution and Contamination of Heavy Metals in the Surface Sediments of Ambarli Port Area (Istanbul, Turkey)","authors":"E. Sarı, S. Ünlü, R. Apak, N. Balci, B. Koldemir","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.901","url":null,"abstract":"The geochemical characteristics of the surface sediments of the Ambarli Port in Istanbul providing service for over 43.000 ships in the last decade are basically unknown. In this study, The distribution of total carbonate and metals in sediments was investigated and geochemical forms of the sediment-associated metals assessed to identify their possible sources. Metal contamination levels of sediments were evaluated with the aid of enrichment factor (EF) and index of geoaccumulation (I geo ) calculations. The degree of pollution in surface sediments yielded the Igeo ranking: Zn > Pb> Cr > Cu > As > Fe > Ni=Al >V, essentially not revealing pollution by Al, As, Fe, Ni and V. The highest Igeo and EF levels of Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn were found at the nearest station to Ambarli Port, indicating port activities as the source. Sequential selective leaching tests confirmed that As, Cr and Fe were mostly found in the residual phase, whereas Cu, Ni, Pb, V and Zn were mainly associated with the non-residual phase, possibly indicating the potentially higher mobility of the latter ions than those inherited from parent geological material. Based on statistical approaches, anthropogenic and natural geological factors were identified controlling the heavy metal variability in the sediments. This research is the first of its kind ever carried out in the Ambarli Port Area of Turkey.","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621100","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}

引用次数: 14

Application of Sewage Sludge for Growing Alfalfa, Its Effects on the Macro-Micronutrient Concentration, Heavy Metal Accumulation, and Translocation 污泥在紫花苜蓿种植中的应用及其对宏微量元素浓度、重金属积累和转运的影响

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.902

S. Orman, Huseyin Ok, M. Kaplan

{"title":"Application of Sewage Sludge for Growing Alfalfa, Its Effects on the Macro-Micronutrient Concentration, Heavy Metal Accumulation, and Translocation","authors":"S. Orman, Huseyin Ok, M. Kaplan","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.902","url":null,"abstract":"Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) was grown by mixing sewage sludge at 0 (control soil), 20 (SSA2), 40 (SSA4), 60 (SSA6), and 80 (SSA8) t ha-1(w/w) amendment ratios to the soil. The soil pH decreased but, the electrical conductivity, organic matter, total N, available and total P, exchangeable and total K and Na, exchangeable Mg, DTPA-extractable Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, Pb, and total Zn, Cu, Cr, and Pb increased in the soil. The shoot P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, and root N, P, K, Na, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Cr concentrations increased but the root Mg concentration decreased in the plant. The translocation factor (TF) for Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu (nutrients) increased at SSA2 and SSA4 as compared to SSA6, SSA8, and control soil. The TF was mostly higher than 1 for Zn, Cu, and Mn and for Fe it was lower than 1. The TF for Ni, Cr, and Pb (non-nutrients) was the highest in the control soil. The TF was lower than 1 for Ni and Cr in all treatments. For Pb it was more than 1 at SSA2, SSA4, and the control soil. The shoot bioconcentration factor (BCF) for Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu at SSA2 and SSA4 were mostly higher than SSA6, SSA8, and the control soil. While the root BCF for Fe, Mn, Ni, and Cr were highest at SSA8, for Cu it was highest in the control soil. Both shoot and root BCF for all elements at all treatments were lower than 1. The total fresh and dried biomasses increased at SSA 2 , SSA 4 , and SSA 6 compared to the control soil, however, they were reduced by SSA 8 . The tolerance index (TIN) was greater than 100% for SSA 2 , SSA 4 , and SSA 6 . Although, the TIN was higher than 100% at SSA6, the value was lower than SSA2 and SSA4. It indicates that the plants are stressed at the amendments of sewage sludge at more than 40 ton ha -1 to the soil.","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621303","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}

引用次数: 8

Teucrium as a Novel Discovered Hyperaccumulator for the Phytoextraction of Ni-contaminated Soils 碲作为一种新发现的植物萃取镍污染土壤的超蓄积物

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9010

M. Yaman

{"title":"Teucrium as a Novel Discovered Hyperaccumulator for the Phytoextraction of Ni-contaminated Soils","authors":"M. Yaman","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9010","url":null,"abstract":"The success of phytoextraction, a promising new method that uses green plants to detoxify metals, depends upon the identification of suitable plant species that hyperaccumulate heavy metals in their above ground parts. In this study, the roots and above ground parts of the Teucrium polium plants grown in serpentine and non-serpentine soils as well as soil samples were analyzed for their Ni and Co concentrations. The Ni concentrations between 9,678 and 14,110 mg kg-1 in above ground parts of Teucrium polium plants grown in serpentine soils were found together with the translocation factors between 2.23 and 3.23, and enrichment coefficients between 5.9 and 9.2. The cobalt concentrations in the same samples were found to be in the ranges of 3.1 and 6.4 mg kg-1 together with the translocation factors 2.8 and 15, and with enrichment coefficients of 0.01 and 0.03. The Ni/Co-ratios in the ammonium chloride and ammonium acetate extracts of the soils were found to be higher than 4 and 10 fold for the serpentine soils, respectively, while the values were below or about 1-fold for both the extracts of the non-serpentine soils. The ratios of Ni/Co concentrations in the roots and aboveground parts of Teucrium polium grown in the serpentine soil were significantly higher (up to 12,857-times) than the ratios for Teucrium polium grown in the non-serpentine soils (up to 8.1-times). These values are highly important and the original results. Consequently, Teucrium polium, a new hyperaccumulator plant for nickel, has been discovered and suggested for phytoextraction of","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621156","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}

引用次数: 12

The Activity of Oxygenic Photosynthetic Microbial Consortia on Different Granites 不同花岗岩上产氧光合微生物群落的活性

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9011

A. Öztürk, Z. Karaca, T. Unsal

引用次数: 3

Investigating Some Physical Properties of Composite Board, Produced from Sunflower Stalks, Designed Horizontally 横向设计向日葵秸秆复合板的一些物理性能研究

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.905

F. T. Efe, M. Alma

{"title":"Investigating Some Physical Properties of Composite Board, Produced from Sunflower Stalks, Designed Horizontally","authors":"F. T. Efe, M. Alma","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.905","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate the usage possibilities of sunflower stalks in the manufacturing of alternative insulation board, which are left as waste (agro-fiber wastes), in the fields and are useless except for firing like a lot of agricultural wastes in Turkey and in the world every year. The sunflower stalks were designed horizontally to produce the board, and its physical properties were compared to the honeycombshaped composite board filled with kraft paper (Control board). Urea formaldehyde (UF) resin, Melamine Urea Formaldehyde (MUF) resin, and the D2 (PVA based) adhesives were employed for producing the composite boards. The physical properties [Chemical analysis, specific gravity, SEM, TGA, sound and heat insulations, ultrasonic pulse, LOI (limiting oxygen index), and combustion characteristics] of all the insulation boards were studied. The average specific gravity value, weight loss determined by TGA, heat insulation ratio, heat conductivity coefficient, sound insulation ratio, ultrasonic transmission speed value, LOI values (for the wooden part + core and wooden part), and weight loss ratio found by the combustion test were 0.29 g/cm3, 90.40%, 51%, 0.045 W/mK, 24.03%, 0.46 mm/μs, (28 and 30.5), and 91.72%, respectively. As a result, the composite insulation board was observed to be better than the control board since it presented a higher specific gravity value, higher insulation ratio, lower heat conductivity coefficient, higher sound insulation ratio, lower ultrasonic transmission speed value, and better combustion characteristics with respect to the control board.","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621175","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}

引用次数: 10

The Activities of the Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) in Their Colonies During the Breeding Season 小白鹭(Egretta garzetta)和夜鹭(Nycticorax Nycticorax)在繁殖季节的活动

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.907

A. Uzun, S. Helli

引用次数: 1

Focusing on the Optimization for Scale up in Airlift Bioreactors and the Production of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a Model Microorganism 气升式生物反应器规模优化及模型微生物莱茵衣藻的生产

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.903

S. Oncel

引用次数: 3

A New Analytical Method for the Determination of Phenolic Compounds and Their Antioxidant Activities in Different Wheat Grass Varieties 不同小麦草品种酚类化合物及其抗氧化活性测定的新方法

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-03-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.909

Tuğba Akcan Kardaş, I. Durucasu

{"title":"A New Analytical Method for the Determination of Phenolic Compounds and Their Antioxidant Activities in Different Wheat Grass Varieties","authors":"Tuğba Akcan Kardaş, I. Durucasu","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.909","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of wheat grass, Turkish Amber Durum wheat was studied. For this purpose Turkish Amber Durum wheat was germinated at three different times (15, 30 and 40 days). All the wheat samples sprouted in the same organic conditions and then dried with air and without sunlight and placed into an incubator at 50°C overnight. The dried and milled amber wheat grass was extracted with ethyl acetate and compared for their antioxidant capacities against the 2,2-diphenyl-1picrylhydrazyl (DPPH.) radical, and at the same time the total phenolic content (TPC) was determined. Phenolic compounds in the extracts were examined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In this study, by using a new method, nine standards were separately detected within 50 min by using the HPLC system, as previously reported by other authors. The major phenolics, identified in the wheat grass that consisted of ferulic acid, gallic acid, caffeic acid, pcoumaric acid, ellagic acid, benzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, quercetin and bha (butylated hydroxyanisole). The highest antioxidant and antiradical activities were detected in Turkish Amber wheat that sprouted in 15 days. This study demonstrates that the importance of wheat grass is due to its high antioxidant activity. Consumption of wheat grass has positive effects on human health such as reduced risk of coronary heart diseases, certain type of cancers and stroke. Due to the high antioxidant effect of wheat grass the aim is to use it as a food preservative. When wheat grass will be used as a natural food preservative, carcinogenic effects of synthetic food preservatives for body would be preserved.","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621475","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}

引用次数: 14

Production and Use of Heteroptera Predators for the Biological Control of Eucalyptus Pests in Brazil 巴西桉树害虫生物防治中异翅目捕食者的生产与利用

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9112

J. Zanuncio, W. Tavares, B. Fernandes, C. F. Wilcken, T. V. Zanuncio

{"title":"Production and Use of Heteroptera Predators for the Biological Control of Eucalyptus Pests in Brazil","authors":"J. Zanuncio, W. Tavares, B. Fernandes, C. F. Wilcken, T. V. Zanuncio","doi":"10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5053/EKOLOJI.2014.9112","url":null,"abstract":"The Asopinae predators of Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae) pests in Brazil include Brontocoris tabidus, Podisus distinctus, Podisus nigrispinus, and Supputius cincticeps (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). These insects feed on the larvae and pupae of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera defoliators. Asopinae predators are reared in the laboratory in wooden cages with wood screens on the upper and lateral sides and the front closed with a glass door, whereas, in the field they are raised in organza bags with branches of Eucalyptus spp. or Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae). An alternative prey, such as Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) pupae and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), or Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) larvae, or the natural prey Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Thyrinteina arnobia and Thyrinteina leucocerae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) caterpillars may be provided to the nymphs of predators in cages and/or rearing bags. Vallourec & Mannesmann Forest Ltda. has two laboratories to mass rear M. domestica to produce annually 300,000 individuals of P. nigrispinus which are released with or without pests in the field. In the first case, predators are released after detection of the pest by a monitoring process, which is the first major step in integrated pest management (IPM). This predator is efficient when the pest population level is below the economic injury level, i.e., nine caterpillars/100 leaves of Eucalyptus spp. Releasing are made in outbreaks every 10 m and the population increase of this predator can control pests. Podisus nigrispinus usually prey on 4-5 first and second instars larvae or 2-3 fourth and fifth instar caterpillars per day. Asopinae predators are reared and released in the field to control pests in the Eucalyptus spp. plantations of the Vallourec &","PeriodicalId":11598,"journal":{"name":"Ekoloji","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70621806","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}

引用次数: 22

Optimization of Static Head-Space Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry-Conditions for the Determination of Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl benzene, Xylene, and Styrene in Model Solutions 静态顶空气相色谱-质谱-模型溶液中苯、甲苯、乙苯、二甲苯和苯乙烯测定条件的优化

Ekoloji Pub Date : 2013-12-24 DOI: 10.5053/EKOLOJI.2013.899

Ozlem Yilmazcan, E. Özer, B. Izgi, Ş. Gucer

引用次数: 9

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