METAL UPTAKE BY BLACK-SEA ALGAE

GUVEN K., TOPCUOGLU S., KUT D., ESEN N., ERENTURK N., SAYGI N., ...More

BOTANICA MARINA, vol.35, no.4, pp.337-340, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/botm.1992.35.4.337
  • Journal Name: BOTANICA MARINA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.337-340
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This paper reports a study on the metal content of Black Sea algae from 1979 to 1988. Pollution was found to increase during this time. The metals accumulated in different algal taxa were: in green algae, Al, Cr and Fe; in brown algae, As and Sr; in red algae, Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Hg, Mn, Pb, Se and Zn.