the dardanelles (çanakkale strait) and bosporus (istanbul strait) which have unique hydrographical characteristics were compared regarding the metabolically active bacteria, culturable heterotrophic bacteria (hpc) and their relation to the nutrients and variable environmental parameters. the samples were taken from various depths ranging from 0-30 cm to 50 meters. the halocline stratifications ...

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 ...

Marine traffic is threatening cetaceans on a local and global scale. The Istanbul Strait is one of the busiest waterways, with up to 2,500 vessels present daily. This is the first study to assess the magnitude of short- and long-term behavioural changes of the endangered Black Sea harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) in the presence of marine vessels within the Istanbul Strait. Markov ...

We consider a single-server queue subject to multiple types of operation-independent and class-dependent interruptions motivated by operations and vessel queueing at entrances of waterways. A case in point is the Istanbul Strait. We are using waiting-time arguments and service completion time analysis to obtain the expected waiting time of a customer (vessel) in the aforementioned queue with tw...