Assessment of Nuclear Abnormalities in Erythrocytes of Balkan Pond Turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Biga Stream, Canakkale, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorCorduk, Nursen
dc.contributor.authorDogru, Nurcihan Hacioglu
dc.contributor.authorGull, Cigdem
dc.contributor.authorTosunoğlu, Murat
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:31:36Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:31:36Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractReptilian species are potentially efficient bioindicators of pollution and habitat destruction. Turtles may be especially useful for monitoring the chemical contamination of their habitats. The aim of this study was to assess the genotoxic effect of environmental pollutants on Balkan pond turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) from the Biga Streamp Canakkale, Turkey. Healthy mature animals were collected using the hand-capture method from four stations: estuary zone, city centre, buffer zone and industrial zone of the stream. Blood samples of live specimens were obtained in within one day of their capture. The peripheral blood smears for each specimen were prepared, fixed with methanol for 15 min and dyed with Giemsa stain. Micronuclei and other nuclear abnormalities such as blebbed, kidney-shaped, lobed and notched nuclei were identified. Comparing the nuclear abnormalities in the samples, it was determined that their frequency was highest in the samples collected from the station in the city centre (9.16 +/- 0.02). The results indicated that the levels of genotoxic pollutants in different regions of the Biga Stream lead to DNA damage in Mauremys rivulata.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [113Z098]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK Project No. 113Z098).
dc.identifier.endpage226
dc.identifier.issn0324-0770
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage219
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23210
dc.identifier.volume71
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000474315900009
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInst Zoology, Bas
dc.relation.ispartofActa Zoologica Bulgarica
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectMauremys rivulata
dc.subjectmicronucleus
dc.subjectnuclear abnormalities
dc.subjectecotoxicology
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleAssessment of Nuclear Abnormalities in Erythrocytes of Balkan Pond Turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Biga Stream, Canakkale, Turkey
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