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Vol. 76 (3) 2024

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Haematological and Genotoxicological Effects of Water Quality on Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) (Anura) and Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Testudines) in Çanakkale, Türkiye

Begüm Boran1* & Çiğdem Gül2

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1*Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, School of Graduate Studies, Department of Biology, Çanakkale, Türkiye; begumboran@hotmail.com

2Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Çanakkale, Türkiye

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.3.002741

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Abstract
Haematological and genotoxicological parameters of the Levant green frog Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) and the Western Caspian turtle Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833), species inhabiting two sites with different water quality in the Sarıçay Stream, passing through the city centre of Çanakkale, Turkey. Whether species were affected by different water quality classes was explored, water quality classes were identified using 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 Mauremys rivulata. In this species, it was determined that parameters other than lymphocyte and eosinophil percentages were higher in specimens from the more polluted site.

Key words
Pelophylax bedriagae, Mauremys rivulata, micronucleus test, Blood Parameters, Çanakkale

How to Cite
Boran B. & Gül Ç. 2024. Haematological and Genotoxicological Effects of Water Quality on Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) (Anura) and Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) (Testudines) in Çanakkale, Türkiye. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (3) 401-412.

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