Ecological quality status of the Turkish coastal waters by using marine macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms)
| Autor: | Murat Çakır, Orkide Minareci, İbrahim Tan, Çolpan Polat-Beken, Ergün Taşkın, Ersin Minareci |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Muradiye-Manisa 45140, Turkey, TÜBİTAK MRC Environment and Cleaner Production Institute Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Mediterranean climate Buffer zone Ecology General Decision Sciences Land cover 010501 environmental sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Macrophyte Taxon Water Framework Directive Benthic zone Period (geology) Environmental science Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Popis: | Marine macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms) were defined as one of the biological quality elements to assess the ecological quality status of transitional and coastal waters by the European Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC). In the present study, the Ecological Evaluation Index (EEI-c) was tested to assess the anthropogenic impact by using marine benthic macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms) and pressures by using MA-LUSI in the Turkish marine waters. Macrophyte samples were collected from 56 stations on the coasts of Turkey (at 17 Black Sea, 15 Marmara Sea, 13 Aegean Sea and 11 Mediterranean coastal water bodies) in the summer period between 2014 and 2016. In total, 209 marine macrophytes (macroalgae and angiosperms) taxa were found in all stations. The study revealed high ecological status class for 15 sites, good for 21 sites, moderate for 6 sites, poor for 10 sites, and bad for 4 sites. The MA-LUSI index was tested from the Corine land cover map which affects 1.5 km buffer zone around the sampling sites. The relationship between the pressure index MA-LUSI and EEI-ceqr (eqr: ecological quality ratio) was also tested, and a negative linear relationship was found between MA-LUSI and EEI-ceqr in the Turkish sites. The present study supports the use of the EEI-c index for ecological quality state classification in a wide area of Turkish coastal waters. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
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