Elif ARICI
@sinop.edu.tr
Sinop University
Scopus Publications
- First baseline data on the exposure and risk assessment of Ulva rigida C. Agardh (Chlorophyta) in Sinop, Türkiye
Elif Arici
Journal of Applied Phycology, 2025 - Heavy Metal Biomonitoring in Cultured Rainbow Trout of the Black Sea and Risk Estimations on Its Consumption
Levent Bat, Elif Arıcı, Ayşah Öztekin
Biological Trace Element Research, 2025 - Assessing health risks from metal contamination in Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) along the Black Sea
Levent Bat, Öztekin Yardım, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arıcı
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2024 - Assessment of heavy metal concentrations in Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Black Sea coast: Implications for food safety and human health
Levent Bat, Öztekin Yardım, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arıcı
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023
The present study aimed to investigate the concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe) in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) samples collected from the Black Sea coast in 2022. The research involved analysing male and female turbot samples for their potential to accumulate these metals and assessing the associated health risks for different age groups (infants, children, adults). Metal analyses were conducted using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrophotometry (ICP-MS), and risk assessment was performed using the Hazard Quotient (THQ) and Risk Index (RI) methods. Results showed that the mean concentrations of heavy metals in both male and female turbots were consistently below the established safety limits set by national and international regulatory authorities. The Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) and THQ values for all metals were found to be well below the corresponding reference doses, indicating no significant noncarcinogenic health risks associated with turbot consumption. Furthermore, the RI values for metals with available Cancer Slope Factors (CSF) were extremely low, suggesting negligible carcinogenic risk from consuming turbot. - Trace elements in edible tissues of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the southern Black Sea, Türkiye: sex, monthly, and age variations and human consumer health risk
Levent Bat, Nuri Başusta, Ayşah Öztekin, Fatih Şahin, Elif Arici, Kadir Seyhan
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Risk assessment of elements in muscle of two biomonitored fish species from the southern Black Sea
Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin, Dilara Kaya Öztürk, Elif Arıcı, Fatih Şahin, Zeynep Hasançavuşoğlu
Spatial Modeling of Environmental Pollution and Ecological Risk, 2023 - Trace Element Risk Assessment for the Consumption of Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) from the mid-South Black Sea Coastline
Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arici, Fatih Şahin, Md. Simul Bhuyan
Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2022 - Metals in Wild and Cultured Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) from Fish Markets in Sinop: Consumer’s Health Risk Assessment
Levent Bat, Fatih Şahin, Md. Simul Bhuyan, Elif Arici, Ayşah Öztekin
Biological Trace Element Research, 2022 - Element Contamination and Probable Ecological Concern in Surface Sediments of the Black Sea’s Iğneada Coasts
Levent Bat, Fatih Şahin, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arici
Trends in Sciences, 2022
Enrichments of metals in surface sediments from Iğneada shores of the Black Sea were analysed to define the level of contamination in the region. For this purposes, Cd, Hg, Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni, Zn, Mn, Al and Fe levels in surface sediments were studied from 6 stations. Sediment samples were collected using a Van Veen grab. Elemental analyses in sediments were measured by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The concentrations of metals varied from 0.031 to 0.091 for Cd; 0.025 to 0.064 for Hg; 3.32 to 7.88 for Pb; 5.75 to 13.42 for Cu; 25.63 to 40.07 for Cr; 14.8 to 28.2 for Ni; 18.29 to 33.21 for Zn; 268 to 377 for Mn; 10,987 to 17,101 for Al; and 11,521 to 20,700 mg·kg₋1 for Fe mg·kg₋1 dry wt. Metal levels were found to be much lower than recommended levels when compared to Sediment Quality Criteria for surface sediments. Enrichment Factors (EF), Geo-Accumulation Index (Igeo) and Pollution Load Index (PLI) were applied to the data for assessing the sediment quality. EF values were nearly between 0.33 and 2.4. Mostly EF for metals were less than 2, may be come from natural weathering processes or crustal substances, indicate no enrichment. However, some results of EF values slightly exceeding 2 indicate moderate enrichment. These rates aren’t thought to be important. Igeo values for all metals were less than 0 at all stations, suggesting that the Iğneada shores was uncontaminated by these studied metals. PLI values ranged from 0.410 in station I to 0.747 in station IV, indicating that Iğneada shores in the Black Sea were less impacted by these metals. PLI value for zone was found as 0.553665002. The Igeo and PLI values also suggest that surface sediments in Iğneada shores of the Black Sea is uncontaminated. 
 HIGHLIGHTS
 
 Metal enrichments in surface sediments from the Black Sea coasts of İğneada were studied to determine the level of contamination in the area
 EF values less than or equal to 2 indicate that there is no contamination, and that the concentration is within the natural background prediction range. Only the EF values for Cr and Ni were between 2 and 5, indicating moderate enrichment
 The Igeo analyses revealed that the İğneada shores sediments were unpolluted for all studied metal levels at all stations
 All PLI values in the stations were between 0 and 1, indicating that İğneada shores were less impacted by these metals
 
 GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT - Toxic Metals in Seven Commercial Fish from the Southern Black Sea: Toxic Risk Assessment of Eleven-Year Data Between 2009 and 2019
Levent Bat, Fatih Şahin, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arici
Biological Trace Element Research, 2022
Concentrations of toxic metals (Cd, Hg and Pb) in the edible tissues of seven commercial fish species ( Mullus barbatus , Merlangius merlangus , Scophthalmus maximus , Mugil cephalus, Engraulis encrasicolus , Trachurus mediterraneus and Sarda sarda ) collected from Sinop coasts of the southern Black Sea were detected in 11 years. In several fish samples, the concentrations of elements (Cd, Hg and Pb) were not detected or were below the detection level. The present study showed that Pb was the most and Cd was the least accumulated metal in the studied fish species. The concentrations of those metals are below the international organizations’ recommended limit. It was shown that the estimated metal dose values for daily average consumption and hazarded quotients (HI) in fish samples are below safety levels for human consumption (HI˂1). From the human health point of view, this study showed that there was no possible health risk to people due to intake of any studied species under the current consumption rate in the country for 11 years. This study could be useful as a baseline data for metals exposure. - Farmed Turkish salmon: Toxic metals and health threat
Levent Bat, Elif Arici, Ayşah Öztekin, Fatih Şahin
Foods and Raw Materials, 2021 - Sediment-water interactions with Eelgrass (Zostera spp.) from sinop shores of the black sea
E. Arici, L. Bat
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2020 - Toxic metals in the warty crab in the southern black sea: Assessment of human health risk
L. Bat, E. Arici, A. Öztekin, F. Şahin
Marine Biological Journal, 2020 - Health risk assessment: Heavy metals in fish from the southern Black Sea
Levent Bat, Ayşah Öztekin, Elif Arici, Fatih Şahin
Foods and Raw Materials, 2020 - Heavy metals health risk appraisal in benthic fish species of the black sea
Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences, 2019 - Heavy Metal Levels in Fish, Molluscs, and Crustacea From Turkish Seas and Potential Risk of Human Health
Levent Bat, Elif Arici
Food Quality Balancing Health and Disease Volume 13, 2018
