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debris, flooding and industrial establishments threaten Iyidere stream (Rize,
Turkey) on the southeastern coast of the Black Sea (Turkey). The trace element
concentrations in water, fish and sediments in Iyidere stream (Rize, Turkey)
were investigated in this study. The concentration of six different elements
in ten freshwater fish species and sediment was determined using energy dispersive
X-ray fluorescence method. A radioisotope excited X-ray fluorescence analysis
using the method of multiple standard addition is applied for the elemental
analysis of fish and sediments. Water samples for trace metals were analyzed
using standard spectrophotometry methods. A qualitative analysis of spectral
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Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Salmo trutta labrax, Alburnoides
bipunctatus, Leuciscus cephalus, Barbus taurus escherichia,
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lanceolata) and sediment contained phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), chlorine
(Cl), potassium (K), calcium (Ca) and titanium (Ti). Heavy metals as toxic elements
for biota (Pb, Cd, Hg, Zn and Mn etc.) were not detected in fish, water and
sediments. Thus, It can be declared that freshwater fish of Iyidere does not
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