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Tracking the Causes of a Mass Fish Kill at a Mediterranean River within a Protected Area

by
Olga Petriki
1,
Athina Patsia
2,
Anthoula Vafeiadou
2,
Ilias Tekidis
2,
Panagiota Michalopoulou
3,
Stella Samartzi
3,
Dimitrios Mallinis
2 and
Dimitra C. Bobori
2,4,*
1
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Ave., 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
2
Management Authority of Koronia-Volvi-Chalkidiki, 57200 Lagadas, Greece
3
Directorate of Veterinary Center of Athens, Department of Toxicology, Residues and Environmental Pollutants, 15310 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
4
Laboratory of Ichthyology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 134, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Academic Editors: Nikolaos Skoulikidis and Stefano Amalfitano
Water 2021, 13(7), 989; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070989
Received: 16 January 2021 / Revised: 31 March 2021 / Accepted: 1 April 2021 / Published: 3 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The WFD 20 Years After—Ecological Status Assessment and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems)
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In this study, an extreme event observed at the intermittent Mediterranean Bogdanas River within the territory of the protected area of the National Park of Lakes Koronia-Volvi and Macedonian Temp that led to a mass fish kill was investigated. We aimed to define the main pressures affecting water quality and biota, specifically fish. No organic poisons, pesticides or heavy metal concentrations were detected in fish tissue, while high values of BOD5, COD, TN and conductivity were measured in water samples. These results, combined with the prevailing hydroclimatic factors (high temperatures and low water flow), lead to the assumption that mass fish mortality was triggered by high organic loads discharged from an upstream point source of pollution, and in particular an active landfill. View Full-Text
Keywords: Bogdanas River; mass fish kill; landfill; heavy metals; organic pollution Bogdanas River; mass fish kill; landfill; heavy metals; organic pollution
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Petriki, O.; Patsia, A.; Vafeiadou, A.; Tekidis, I.; Michalopoulou, P.; Samartzi, S.; Mallinis, D.; Bobori, D.C. Tracking the Causes of a Mass Fish Kill at a Mediterranean River within a Protected Area. Water 2021, 13, 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070989

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Petriki O, Patsia A, Vafeiadou A, Tekidis I, Michalopoulou P, Samartzi S, Mallinis D, Bobori DC. Tracking the Causes of a Mass Fish Kill at a Mediterranean River within a Protected Area. Water. 2021; 13(7):989. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070989

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Petriki, Olga, Athina Patsia, Anthoula Vafeiadou, Ilias Tekidis, Panagiota Michalopoulou, Stella Samartzi, Dimitrios Mallinis, and Dimitra C. Bobori. 2021. "Tracking the Causes of a Mass Fish Kill at a Mediterranean River within a Protected Area" Water 13, no. 7: 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070989

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