The rain regime of the Levant during the late Quaternary was controlled primarily by Mediterranean cyclonic systems associated with North Atlantic climate shifts. Lake levels in the Dead Sea basin have been robust recorders of the regional hydrology and generally indicate highstand (wet) conditions throughout glacial intervals and lowstands (dry) during interglacials. However, sporadic depositi...

This study provides information on the distribution and ecology of Callinectes sapidus in Turkey, as well its maximum daily catch set nets (trammel gillnets), commercial fishery lagoons. Data were collected 2020 by utilizing a telephone based questionnaire survey. Responses gathered from fishers (n = 6) who fish lagoons head cooperatives or members 104) 28 cities, including coastal regions Medi...

This study considers variability in phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacterial abundances and production rates, in one of the most oligotrophic marine regions in the world-the Levantine Basin. The temporal dynamics of these planktonic groups were studied in the coastal waters of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea approximately every two weeks for a total of two years. Heterotrophic bacteria were...

In this study, one specimen of Lagocephalus guentheri, the largest individual (536 mm) ever recorded, was obtained from Iskenderun Bay, Levantine Sea. The caught two nautical miles off Samandağ coast at a depth 128 m with commercial trawler. present finding reports maximum length and deepest record species for Mediterranean Apparently, distribution in Sea will expand following years.

The presence of two species within the Eurythoe complanata complex in the Mediterranean Sea is reported, as well as their geographical distributions. One species, Eurythoe laevisetis, occurs in the eastern and central Mediterranean, likely constituting the first historical introduction to the Mediterranean Sea and the other, Eurythoe complanata, in both eastern and Levantine basins. Brief notes...

The present study is dealing with three Circulus species recorded along the Turkish coasts (İskenderun Bay, Levantine coast of Türkiye). Of identified species, novemcarinatus and octoliratus are non-indigenous originated outside Mediterranean Sea, whereas striatus a native one distributed in eastern Atlantic Ocean Sea. While was at depths between 9 60 m, were encountered shallow (5-11.7 respect...

The evolution of the upper thermocline on a section across the eastern Mediterranean was recorded biweekly through a series of XBT transects from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, extending from October 1999 to October 2000 on board Voluntary Observing Ships in the framework of the Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project. The data acquired provided valuable information on the seasona...

The present study deals with the presence of Diopatramarocensis in the eastern Mediterranean. This species is small-sized and inhabited muddy bottom near the opening of rivers or lagoons [salinity range: 33-39‰] in the Aegean and Levantine Seas, and reached a maximum density of 90 ind.m(-2) in Mersin Bay. This species might be an alien species that was introduced from the East Atlantic (near Gi...