CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN ÇAMALTI SOLAR SALTWORKS (İZMİR/TURKEY)
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2018
Yazarlar: Edis KORU, Fatih PERÇİN
\n Volume: 13, Issue: 3\n 15-25\n \n, Uluslararası, 2018
Özet
The multi-pond coastal solar salterns consist of a series of conjunctivesaltponds, with a gradient of salinities ranging from seawater to NaClprecipitation. This region is anthropogenic supralittoral zones exploited forsea salt, which becomes progressively concentrated by evaporation. In this study, some biologicalcharacteristics of Çamaltı saltern was investigated, whic is the biggest marinecoastal solar saltworks in Turkey. The Çamaltı saltern is a variable and dynamicecosystem where 30-35 tons of water of water per minute are constantlycirculating. Çamaltı saltworks was opened in 1863 and located the northof İzmir. It is 28km away from the city center. Generally, the saltworkscontains of four divisions, namely the first and second saltworks, water ponds,and cristalisation ponds. Anually, the saltworks give 600000 tons of salt,which makes 35-40% of the salt produced in Turkey. Solar saltworks activitiesare normally ordinarily in wetlands, more specifically in salt swamps rich inbiodiversity and represent distingtive biological systems which make themenvironmentally relevant. Many specieslive, feed and reproduce in a salt marsh and in a solar saltworks area. Itprovides biological diversity, including bacteria, macro and microalgae,Artemia, plants, birds, reptiles, fish and invertebrates and contribute toflood prevention and improved water management.