Vol.20 – 2014 – No.2

First record of the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois miles(Bennett, 1828) (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) for the Turkish marine waters

Cemal Turan, Deniz Ergüden, Mevlüt Gürlek, Deniz Yağlıoğlu, Ali Uyan, Necdet Uygur

Marine Sciences and Technology Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, TR31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Duzce University, Duzce, TURKEY
Technical School of Marine, Mustafa Kemal University, Iskenderun, Hatay, TURKEY

Abstract

A first record of the lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) is reported for the Turkish marine waters, observed in Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean on 13 April 2014. The lionfish is the first non-native marine fishes, established in the family Scorpaenidae for the Turkish marine waters.

Keywords: Lessepsian species, lionfish, Pterois miles, first record, Turkish marine waters

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Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey

Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz, Ali Cemal Gücü, Arda M. Tonay

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, 34320, Avcilar, Istanbul, TURKEY
Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), P.O. Box: 10, Beykoz, Istanbul, TURKEY
Middle East Technical University Institute of Marine Sciences, P.O.Box 28, Erdemli, Mersin, TURKEY
Faculty of Fisheries, Istanbul University, Ordu St., No. 200, 34470, Laleli, Istanbul, TURKEY

Abstract

The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) is one of the critically endangered species in the world and in the northeast Mediterranean Sea there is a continuously breeding population. On 28 February 2014, 3-3.5 months old, male Mediterranean monk seal stranded near Yasilovacık Harbour, Mersin. Gross necropsy was carried out one day later. The seal was emaciated and lungs were pneumonic. This paper summarizes the preliminary findings of the gross necropsy.

Keywords: Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, deliberate killing, emaciation

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Danyer, E., Aytemiz, I., Özbek, E. Ö., Tonay, A. M. (2013a) Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on Antalya coast, Turkey, August 2013. Journal of the Black Sea/ Mediterranean Environment 19(3): 359-364.

Danyer, E., Özbek, E. Ö., Aytemiz, I., Tonay, A. M. (2013b) Preliminary report of a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on Antalya coast, Turkey, April 2013. Journal of the Black Sea/ Mediterranean Environment 19(2): 278-282.

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Saydam, G., Gucu, A.C. Ok, M., Sakinan, S., Sahin E., Tutar, O., Tuer, M. (2014) Population viability analysis of Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and significance of dispersal in survival (Northeast Mediterranean Sea), 28th European Cetacean Society Annual Conference Abstract Book, Liege, Belgium, 53p.

 

First occurrence of the hydrozoan Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskål, 1775) in the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey

Deniz Ergüden, Cemal Turan, Cem Çevik, Necdet Uygur

Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Mustafa Kemal University, 31220 Iskenderun, Hatay, TURKEY
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Adana, TURKEY
Technical School of Princlik, Mustafa Kemal University, Iskenderun, Hatay, TURKEY

Abstract

Hydrozoan Geryonia proboscidalis (Forskål, 1775) was observed in July 2012 in Iskenderun Bay (Samandag), for the first time in the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The presence of G. proboscidalis in the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey may be due to transportation via ballast waters of ship or water currents.

Keywords: Geryonia proboscidalis, Hydrozoan, Iskenderun Bay, Turkey

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First occurrence of Serranus hepatus in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

Apostolou Apostolos

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA

Abstract

The brown comber (Serranus hepatus) is a common representative of the Mediterranean fish fauna. Recently it had been reported for the first time in the Black Sea, near the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus). Two additional specimens were registered in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea sector; one of them was measured and reported here, in order to establish some basic morphometric traits.

Keywords: Serranus hepatus, brown comber, Black Sea fauna

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in marine sediment of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea (Italy)

Sigfrido Cannarsa, Maria Cesarina Abete, Mauro Zanardi, Stefania Squadrone

ENEA Centro Ricerche Energia Ambiente ENEA Pezzuolo di Lerici, La Spezia, ITALY
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e valle d’Aosta, ITALY

Abstract

The presence and distribution of the 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) priority pollutant listed by US EPA (Naphthalene, Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene, Pyrene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Chrysene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene) were investigated in sediments from 35 stations of the Ligurian coast (Northern Italy). Results were shown as total PAH concentrations (PAHs) and molecular indices based on ratios of selected PAH concentrations were used to differentiate PAHs from pyrogenic and petrogenic origin. Analysis was performed by gas/chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with selected ion monitoring (SIM). Total PAHs concentrations ranged from 1113 to 17006 ng/g of dry matrix. PAH profiles varied according to the nature of the site and its proximity to sources; in general, the contamination levels of total PAHs were similar to those observed in contaminated and slightly contaminated sediments of the Mediterranean Sea. In some cases the concentration of contaminants is influenced by physical circulation processes that raise the concentrations of anthropogenic pollutants offshore an order of magnitude higher than those near industrial and harbors activities.

Keywords: PAHs, sediment, Ligurian Sea, GC-MS, pollution

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Science in Antarctica and the role of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Jerónimo López-Martínez, Michael D. Sparrow

SCAR, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UNITED KINGDOM
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, SPAIN

Abstract

Scientific research in Antarctica requires international cooperation due to the magnitude of the objectives, the particular conditions of the Antarctic environment, and also because the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959 and entered into force in 1961, recognizes scientific research and international cooperation as important pillars. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), established in 1958, is the organisation responsible for promoting and coordinating scientific research in the Antarctic region (including the Southern Ocean) and for providing scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System and to other international bodies on Antarctica. This paper illustrates how SCAR operates to accomplish its mission and how it is organized to develop and coordinate the researches carried out by a large scientific community belonging to the – as of 2013 – 37 SCAR member countries. The five SCAR Scientific Research Programmes initiated in 2013 are a framework that will orientate a significant part of the research efforts during the next four to eight years. These programmes are highlighted in this paper, as well as other initiatives currently carried out by SCAR.

Keywords: Antarctica, SCAR, scientific research, international cooperation, policy advice

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Phthalates pollution in algae of Turkish coast

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Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), P. O. Box: 10, Beykoz, Istanbul, TURKEY
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, 18 Mart University, Çanakkale, TURKEY

Abstract

In this work phthalates pollution in red, brown and green algae in the Black Sea, Istanbul Starait and Çanakkale Strait were investigated. The detected phthalate derivatives were DEP, DIBP, DBP and DEHP. Very toxic phthalate DEHP was found only in the Istanbul Strait. Phthalates pollution of algae depends on the pollution of sea water.

Keywords: Phthalates, red, brown, green algae, Turkish coast

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Chemical composition of Ulva rigida C. Agardh from the Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles), Turkey

Latife Ceyda İrkin, Hüseyin Erduğan

Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Terzioglu Campus 17020, Çanakkale, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Terzioglu Campus 17020-Çanakkale, TURKEY

Abstract

The significant increase of the world population in recent years has encouraged researches to focus on the utilization of marine food resources together with the terrestrial ones for human consumption. Being an important source of protein and an effective source used not only as fertilizer but also in the industry with its useful chemical content makes Ulva rigida C.Agardh a target topic for research. In present study, seasonal and locational changes of the chemical compositions of U. rigida were investigated. The analyses were carried out in duplicate and seasonally (fall, winter, spring and summer). Significant differences were recorded in the findings obtained for the species collected in terms of seasons and stations.

Keywords: Macroalgae, Ulva rigida, chemical composition, Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles)

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A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2 Nakhimov ave., Sevastopol 99011, Crimea, UKRAINE

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