Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings
Caves are laboratories for many disciplines that work in natural sciences including mineralogy, biology, hydrogeology, and archaeology. In this study, bi-monthly samplings were carried out from three sampling locations within and around the Güvercinkaya Cave, a high-altitude cave located in northwes...
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| description | Caves are laboratories for many disciplines that work in natural sciences including mineralogy, biology, hydrogeology, and archaeology. In this study, bi-monthly samplings were carried out from three sampling locations within and around the Güvercinkaya Cave, a high-altitude cave located in northwestern Turkey, to evaluate the hydrochemical and microbiological properties and the aquatic macroinvertebrates of the cave stream. Some parameters of the water including pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, oxidation-reduction potential, and dissolved oxygen were measured in-situ, while elemental (70 in total) and ionic composition of water were analyzed in the laboratory. Microbiological analyses of the cave stream were examined through analyses of total bacteria, total coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli. According to the Piper diagram of hydrochemical data, the cave stream had mainly Ca-Mg-HCO3 character, on the other hand, the Schoeller diagram indicated a common water source in Güvercinkaya cave due to the similar components of the main ionic components of the water. As a result of microbiological analysis, fecal contamination was determined, indicating active wildlife in the cave. Additionally, several aquatic macroinvertebrates taxa, Rhynchelmis limosella, Dugesia sp., Gammarus uludagi which have non-troglobiont character were found in the cave stream. Rhynchelmis limosella detected in this study is the first record for the Turkish fauna. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0ad40bc37f047eaab8f5685c1ec2c5e2023-02-15T16:20:01ZengÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart UniversityÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries2651-53262022-07-0151263810.46384/jmsf.1032339Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates FindingsDeniz Anıl ODABAŞI0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0738-2606Serpil ODABAŞI1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-1534Ozan DENİZ2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-9893Fikret ÇAKIR3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-2365Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0954-8967Naime ARSLAN5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9193-2510Onur ÖZBEK6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8916-0339H. Barış ÖZALP7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-8912ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART UNIVERSITYCaves are laboratories for many disciplines that work in natural sciences including mineralogy, biology, hydrogeology, and archaeology. In this study, bi-monthly samplings were carried out from three sampling locations within and around the Güvercinkaya Cave, a high-altitude cave located in northwestern Turkey, to evaluate the hydrochemical and microbiological properties and the aquatic macroinvertebrates of the cave stream. Some parameters of the water including pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, oxidation-reduction potential, and dissolved oxygen were measured in-situ, while elemental (70 in total) and ionic composition of water were analyzed in the laboratory. Microbiological analyses of the cave stream were examined through analyses of total bacteria, total coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli. According to the Piper diagram of hydrochemical data, the cave stream had mainly Ca-Mg-HCO3 character, on the other hand, the Schoeller diagram indicated a common water source in Güvercinkaya cave due to the similar components of the main ionic components of the water. As a result of microbiological analysis, fecal contamination was determined, indicating active wildlife in the cave. Additionally, several aquatic macroinvertebrates taxa, Rhynchelmis limosella, Dugesia sp., Gammarus uludagi which have non-troglobiont character were found in the cave stream. Rhynchelmis limosella detected in this study is the first record for the Turkish fauna.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmsf/issue/71317/1032339karstic cavegroundwaterhydrochemistrybacterial contaminationaquatic macroinvertebrates |
| spellingShingle | Deniz Anıl ODABAŞI Serpil ODABAŞI Ozan DENİZ Fikret ÇAKIR Belgin ÇAMUR ELİPEK Naime ARSLAN Onur ÖZBEK H. Barış ÖZALP Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries karstic cave groundwater hydrochemistry bacterial contamination aquatic macroinvertebrates |
| title | Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings |
| title_full | Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings |
| title_fullStr | Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings |
| title_short | Hydrochemical and Bacteriological Status of a High Altitude Karstic Cave Stream (Güvercinkaya Cave: Çanakkale, Turkey) with Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Findings |
| title_sort | hydrochemical and bacteriological status of a high altitude karstic cave stream guvercinkaya cave canakkale turkey with aquatic macroinvertebrates findings |
| topic | karstic cave groundwater hydrochemistry bacterial contamination aquatic macroinvertebrates |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmsf/issue/71317/1032339 |
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