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Microbial Quality in Coastal Waters of Dardanelles in Relation to the Pollution Sources and Transport Pathways
Author(s) -
Turkmen Cafer,
Ayyildiz Onder,
Akbulut Mehmet,
Kaya Hasan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clean – soil, air, water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1863-0669
pISSN - 1863-0650
DOI - 10.1002/clen.201100433
Subject(s) - fecal coliform , environmental science , salinity , hydrology (agriculture) , pollution , indicator bacteria , water quality , precipitation , sampling (signal processing) , sediment , coliform bacteria , surface runoff , wastewater , water pollution , environmental chemistry , bacteria , environmental engineering , oceanography , ecology , chemistry , biology , geology , meteorology , geography , filter (signal processing) , computer science , genetics , paleontology , computer vision , geotechnical engineering
The coastal water quality of Çanakkale Dardanelles (Turkey) was assessed based on bacteriological data and physical–chemical parameters. Total coliform (TC), fecal coliform (FC), and enterococci (ENT) bacteria along with physicochemical parameters were measured monthly up to a year at 12 different sampling sites located through both coastal lines of the strait. The fecal bacteria were abounded at several sampling sites such as B1, B3, G3, and G4 due to direct wastewater discharges and septic leakages or overloading. Storm water runoff and sediment resuspension were important pathways for the transport of coliform and ENT bacteria to the Dardanelles, as the region receives high precipitation and strong winds for most part of the year. The values of pH, temperature, and salinity were in typical ranges for the studied area. The microbiological and physicochemical data were correlated individually and in combination. The best fit correlations for bacterial data were attained between TC and FC or TC and ENT ( R = 0.67 or −0.68), while those for the combined data were obtained for TC with temperature ( R = 0.94) and TC with salinity ( R = − 0.70).