The Intensity of Pollutant Genotoxicity in Lake Uluabat

摘要

Clastogenic effects of home wastes and agricultural contaminates of Lake Uluabat ("40°11,41.38"N, "28°27'08.40"E) were investigated in peripheral erythrocytes of Cyprinus carpio. Examination of blood smears showed that the formation of micronuclei was significant increased (f =21.89, df=3) with p value >0.001 during one year and where more abundant in the same species of fish compared according to the control. This increase in the formation of micronucleus indicates that home waste and agriculturalpollution increase the clastogenic effects on peripheral erythrocytes of Cyprinus carpio and may has similar effects on the human population located around the lake and consume the fishes.