The food composition and dietary overlap of the Pterois volitans P. miles were studied in İskenderun Bay. main prey groups found stomachs fishes crustaceans. study has shown that Niche overlap-Pianka's index these species was 83,2%. Most stomach contents for both not identified. Fish shirimps freqently. However reef parts, moss residuals, molluscs shell parts crab content rarely. Chlorophthalmu...

Contamination of the aquatic environment and living things with pollutants is increasing daily. Among these pollutants, heavy metals come to forefront regarding toxicological public health due their widespread use, toxicity, resistance degradation, as well accumulation biomagnification in food chain. The study aimed determine essential (Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn) non-essential (As, Al, Cd, Pb) met...

Antibacterial activities of the methanolic extracts Stypopodium schimperi (Kützing) Verlaque and Boudouresque, Halopteris filicina (Grateloup) Kützing, Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus species from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey against Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...

In this study, a shoal of bull rays, Aetomylaeus bovinus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), around sea-cage fish farm in Iskenderun Bay, Turkey is reported. Such an aggregation probably due to ontogenetic shift but may also be factor reproductive process as some pregnant females were observed. The number individuals recorded, all more than 25, shows that the species still present area needs con...

Abstract The ecological risk resulting from the accumulation of some heavy metals in sediments Iskenderun Bay was assessed using following measures: enrichment and contamination factor, pollution load index ( PLI ), potential RI ). concentrations studied were order: Fe > Ni Mn Cr Zn Cu As Pb Cd Hg. had highest EF values. This situation is most likely due to presence iron, pesticide, fertiliz...

Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus was stranded on the coast of Arsuz-Uluçınar, Iskenderun Bay, Turkey in northeastern Mediterranean 29 March 2022. This study conducted to reveal relationship between G. and microplastic debris Sea. The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) one stranding examined, 454 microplastics particles were extracted. Of all, majority them fibers (96%), black colour (62%), 0.5-1 mm s...

Monthly sampling of speckled shrimp was conducted by bottom trawl in the Iskenderun Bay between November 2009 and October 2010. There was a linear relationship between carapace length and total length in males and females (TL = -0.112 + 0.2294*CL R2 = 0.8298, n = 327) for males, (TL = -0.3918 + 0.2731 * CL R2 = 0.8919, n = 457) for females, and (TL = -0.378 + 0.2684 * CL R2=0.8492, n=784) for t...