Haematological and Genotoxicological Effects of Water Quality on Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) (Anura: Ranidae) and Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) in Canakkale, Turkiye
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Tarih
2024
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Inst Zoology, Bas
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Özet
Haematological and genotoxicological parameters of the Levant green frog Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) and the Western Caspian turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) were studied. These species inhabited two sites with differing water quality in the Sar & imath;Cay Stream passing through the city centre of Canakkale, T & uuml;rkiye. We examined whether the two species were affected by the water quality classes identified based on physical and chemical properties of the water.Statistically significant differences were found between the two sites in terms of the frequencies of micronucleus, lobbed, notched, kidney-shaped and blebbed nuclei, as well as total nuclear abnormality in Pelophylax bedriagae. Moreover, a higher rate of nuclear abnormalities was observed at the more polluted site, classified as water quality class IV. Statistically significant differences were observed in the haematocrit value, percentages of lymphocytes, eosinophils, heterophils and basophils, erythrocyte width and frequencies of lobbed and kidney-shaped nuclei as well as the heterophil/lymphocyte ratio, often used as a stress indicator, in Mau-remys rivulata. In this species, it was determined that parameters other than lymphocyte and eosinophil percentages were higher in specimens from the more polluted site.
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Pelophylax bedriagae, Mauremys rivulata, MICRONUCLEUS TEST, Blood Parameters, Canakkale
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Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
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76
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