Vol.28 – 2022 – No.3

First record of seven tintinnid species from the Lebanese waters

Marie Abboud-Abi Saab, Anthony Ouba, Myriam Lteif, Myriam Ghsoub, Celine Mahfouz, Sharif Jemaa, Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Milad Fakhri

ORCID IDs: M.A.A.S. 0000-0002-3503-5866; A.O. 0000-0001-5734-6094; M.L. 0000-0002-7819-3303; M.G. 0000-0003-3413-0674; C.M. 0000-0001-9247-1050; S.J. 0000-0002-3680-1796, A.E.R.H. 0000-0003-1940-215X; M.F. 0000-0003-4327-2674

National Council for Scientific Research – National Center for Marine Sciences, P.O. Box: 534, Batroun, LEBANON

Abstract

Seven ciliate tintinnids are reported in this study for the first time in Lebanese marine waters: Leprotintinnus nordqvisti (Brandt 1906) Kofoid and Campbell, 1929, Codonellopsis ostenfeldi Schmidt, 1902, Dictyocysta fundlandica Ehrenberg, 1854, Undellopsis subangulata (Jörgensen) Kofoid and Campbell, 1929, Canthariella pyramidata (Jörgensen 1924) Kofoid and Campbell, 1929, Daturella striata Kofoid and Campbell, 1929 and Amphorides calida (Kofoid and Campbell) Strand, 1926. These species were collected in Lebanon at an offshore station facing Beirut between 0 and 600m depth. Morphological features of the shells (loricae) used to identify each species are described. This work is a contribution to the regional checklist of ciliates.

Keywords: Eastern Mediterranean, Lebanese waters, tintinnids, ciliates, microzooplankton

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Spatial distribution of dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons in seawater and sediments from the Mediterranean coastal area of Türkiye

Selma Ünlü, Elif Özgür

ORCID ID(s): S.Ü. 0000-0002-9156-4332; E.Ö. 0000-0001-5699-7565

Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University, 34134 Istanbul, TÜRKİYE
Turkish Marine Research Foundation, P.O. Box: 10, Beykoz, 34820, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract  

In this study, the distribution of dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons (DDPHs) in coastal water and sediments from the western coastline of Antalya Gulf (Mediterranean Sea, Türkiye) in December 2018 and in May 2019 was investigated by the UV-fluorescence spectroscopy method. The hydrocarbon concentrations ranged from 4.6 to 9.1µg/L (Thetis-Oil equivalents) for coastal waters and from 6.5 to 11.2 µg/g, dry weight (Thetis-Oil equivalents) for sediments, respectively. No significant correlations were observed between petroleum hydrocarbons and physico-chemical parameters measured in seawater (except pH; r=−0.62, p< 0.05). When compared with various environmental hydrocarbon pollution criteria, the levels found in this study indicated that the coastal waters and sediments were considerably polluted. Intensive maritime activities, ship and boat traffic increased tourist influx, oil spills from ships, illegal discharge of oily wastewater, increase in population density, runoff, and atmospheric fallout during rainy periods were considered the main causes of local hydrocarbon pollution in the region. The findings suggest that regional monitoring programs need to be continued in all sensitive coastal areas to describe concentrations and distributions of hydrocarbons at the sea surface, in sediments, and in biota. The results of this study can contribute to the baseline data which can be used for future monitoring programs and regulatory actions to improve the environmental quality of the Mediterranean coastal zone of Türkiye.

Keywords: Petroleum hydrocarbons, coastal waters, surface sediment, UV-fluorescence spectroscopy, contamination, Mediterranean Sea

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Mustafa Zengin

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0243-1432

Central Fisheries Research Institute, Kaşüstü, Yomra, Trabzon, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

The war between Ukraine and Russia, the two neighbouring countries bordering the Black Sea in the north, caused many political, economic, environmental and fisheries consequences in 2022. The impacts on fisheries by the banning due to mines drifting to the Turkish part of the western Black Sea were investigated in this study.

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Detection of possible route of mines broken off during the Russia-Ukraine war with an ocean circulation and a particle model

Murat Gündüz, Deniz Kutluk

ORCID IDs: M.G. 0000-0003-1316-3039; D.K. 0000-0003-1688-7999

Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, İzmir, TÜRKİYE
Turkish Marine Research Foundation, P.O. Box: 10, Beykoz, 34820, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

Russian authorities released a warning on March 18, 2022, stating that about 420 mines were broken off in the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk, and Pivdenny in the northern coast of the Black Sea due to the stormy conditions. The warning also advised the ships to be careful when navigating in the southwest and western parts of the Black Sea due to the possibility of explosion of the drifting mines. In this study, the probable origin of locations and route of the mines are investigated by using an ocean circulation and a particle model. The results suggest approximate origin of the mines. One of the conclusions is that due to the circulation dynamics along the western coast hydrography of the Black Sea, the mines travelled to the south reaching up to the Istanbul Strait.

Keywords: Black Sea, Russia-Ukraine war, naval mines, Black Sea circulation, drifting model

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Recent observations on sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Carchardinidae) around sea cages of fish farms in Iskenderun Bay (Türkiye, eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Okan Akyol, Halil Şen

ORCID IDs: O.A. 0000-0001-7738-2156; H.Ş. 0000-0003-0878-3583

Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35440 Urla, Izmir, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

About ten specimens of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, were observed beneath a fish farm sea-cage off the Arsuz coast in Iskenderun Bay, northeastern Mediterranean Sea, on 15 October 2021. Sandbar sharks have been reported to aggregate around fish farms when the seawater temperature reaches >24°C swimming around cages in groups of 10-20 individuals. During the cleaning of the bag, which is attached to the bottom part of the cage to collect the dead reared fish, sandbar sharks were observed to approach the diver and sporadically attempted to attack the cage, as well.

Keywords: Sandbar shark, foraging behaviour, attack, Levantine Basin

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COMMENTS ON: Balkis-Ozdelice, N., Durmus, T., Balci, M. (2022) Letter to the Editor. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 28(1): 125-126.

Emine Şükran Okudan, Berrin Dural, Hüseyin Erdugan, Yelda Aktan, Volkan Demir, Veysel Aysel 

ORCID IDs: E.Ş.O. 0000-0001-5309-7238; B.D. 0000-0002-9379-7922; H.E. 0000 0002 7047 6640; Y.A. 0000-0001-7920-8979; V.D. 0000-0002-8148-8647; V.A. 0000-0003-3668-7046

Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Akdeniz University, Antalya, TÜRKİYE
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, TÜRKİYE
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, TÜRKİYE
Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University, Ordu Cad., 200, 34470, Laleli, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE
Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, TÜRKİYE

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Okudan, E.Ş., Dural, B., Erdugan, H., Aktan, Y., Demir, V., Aysel, V. (2021) New record of the benthic marine mucilage aggregates Phaeocystis giraudii from Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 27(2): 124-139.

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