On October 6, 2002, M/V GOTIA, carrying 163 metric tons of fuel oil in her fuel tanks, rammed into the Emirgan Pier in the Bosporus. One of the fuel tanks started leaking oil in to the Bosporus. The ship continued its passage and finally anchored when it reached the Marmara Sea where the leaking tank was repaired. Following the accident, the strong surface current, rapidly transported the oil s...

The study evaluated to model the growth and reproduction aspects of the hake, Merluccius merluccius, in the Sea of Marmara. On-board sampling was conducted on the commercial beam trawl fishery from February 2016 to January 2017. For the growth trajectories, using monthly length frequency data set, different methods were employed to improve parameter optimization. The variation of reproductive i...

The increasing needs for transportation of freight and passengers causes environmental impacts. Preventing studies for these impacts should be considered by logistics firms and encouraged by the regulations of authorities. An important contribution can be provided by determining the environmental effects of the transportation modes in specific regions and using the most convenient ones. In this...

Coccolithophores have had an effect on global climate change for a few million years. The marine phytoplankton group is responsible for approximately 20% of the total carbon fixation in marine systems. They can form blooms spreading hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, are recognized by elegant coccolith structures formed from calcium carbonate exoskeletons, and are visible from space. A...

The 17 of August 1999, an important earthquake of magnitude 7.6 occurred along the North Anatolian fault in the area of Izmit (Turkey). Relative horizontal displacements up to 4.5 meters were observed. The epicenter of the earthquake under concern is located in Golcuk, near the city of Izmit, on the South border of the Marmara Sea. The fault in the vicinity of Izmit is mainly oriented along an ...

Castanea sativa Mill. is thought to be originated from Turkey. It is an important deciduous angiosperm with edible fruits and valuable wood. It has a wide distribution from east Black sea to Marmara and Aegean Regions. Because of its wide distribution, C. sativa grows on different ecological, geological, climatic and edaphic condition and these results in different associations with different c...

The Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) that connects the continents of Europe and Asia is too complex due to geographical conditions and have a continuously increasing maritime traffic. The length of the Bosphorus which connect the Black Sea and the  Marmara Sea is 29.9 km. The number of ships (Tanker, general Cargo and bulk carrier) passing through the Istanbul strait was recorded as 42553 in 2016 an...

We investigated the frequency of antibiotic resistance of Enterobacteriaceae and the presence of vancomycinresistance genes in samples taken from the Sea of Marmara, and the Istanbul and Canakkale Straits, Turkey. Di erent colony-forming bacteria were isolated and identi ed with the VITEK 2 Compact 30 system. e antibiotic resistance of the isolates was determined by the disc di usion method. e ...