Honeybees and honey as monitors for heavy metal contamination near thermal power plants in Mugla Turkey      
Yazarlar (4)
Sibel Silici
Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Özgür Doğan ULUÖZLÜ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mustafa TÜZEN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mustafa Soylak
Erciyes Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Toxicology and Industrial Health
Dergi ISSN 0748-2337 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 03-2016
Cilt No 32
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 507 / 516
DOI Numarası 10.1177/0748233713503393
Makale Linki http://tih.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/0748233713503393
Özet
In the present work, 6 honeydew samples of known geographical and botanical origins and 11 honeybee samples were analyzed to detect possible contamination by the thermoelectric power plants in Mugla, Turkey. The contents of trace elements were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry after application of microwave digestion. The samples from the thermal power plants, which were 10-22 km away from the hives, that did not cause pollution in honeydew honeys were also analyzed. The levels of copper, cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), zinc, manganese, iron, chromium, nickel, and aluminum were similar to the values found in other recent studies in literature. However, it was found that the contamination levels of the toxic elements such as Pb and Cd in honeybee samples measured relatively higher than that of honey samples. The study concludes that honeybees may be better bioindicators of heavy metal pollution than honey.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Trace element | microwave digestion | honey | honeybee | atomic absorption spectrometry | thermal power plants