Vol.29 – 2023 – No.3

Further extension and fine-scale coverage area of the Posidonia oceanica in Paşalimanı Island and the Kapıdağ Peninsula, the Sea of Marmara

Onur Gönülal, Rıdvan Kaan Gürses, Orhun Hisli, Zeynep Gülenç

ORCID IDs: O.G. 0000-0002-5559-3953; R.K.G. 0000-0001-5951-2308; O.H. 0000-0002-9102-4125; Z.G. 0009-0000-7879-3934

Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University, Onaltı Mart Şehitleri Cad. No: 2, 34134, Fatih, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE
Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), P.O. Box: 10, Beykoz, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE
Institute of Graduate Studies in Sciences, Istanbul University, 34452 Beyazıt, Istanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, an endemic species that plays a significant role in the ecosystem from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Sea of Marmara, is under the influence of the Anthropocene. The conservation of the species, which is one of the invaluable resources of the Mediterranean Sea, is essential to protect its unique ecological system. Nonetheless, the detection of the locations where the species exists is a prerequisite for its protection and the preservation of the associated habitat. Hence, the current investigation depicts the extent of P. oceanica coverage in Paşalimanı Island and the Narlı area of the Kapıdağ Peninsula located in the Sea of Marmara, which is the northern limit of the distribution of this species. The results obtained supported the determination of the area of P. oceanica in the Narlı region as 4.676 ha, and also the updating of this area to 21.861 ha for Paşalimanı Island, thus improving the existing information on their habitats.

Keywords: Posidonia oceanica, Kapıdağ Peninsula, coverage information, Paşalimanı Island, the Sea of Marmara

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Do you have room for a tiny one? Range expansion of Apogonichthyoides pharaonis in the Mediterranean Sea

Nildeniz Karakuş, Umut Uyan, Uğur Karakuş, Mehmet Baki Yokeş 

ORCIDs: N.K. 0000-0001-8490-6261; U.U. 0000-0002-8564-1354; U.K. 0000-0002-4154-6566; M.B.Y. 0000-0002-9440-4561

Faculty of Fisheries, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, TÜRKİYE
Faculty of Sciences & Technology, Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK
Skretting Turkey, Güllük Milas, 48670, Muğla, TÜRKİYE
AMBRD Doğa Bilimleri, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

An Indo-Pacific origin pharaoh cardinal fish, Apogonichthyoides pharaonis, is documented on the South Aegean coast of Türkiye in this study. This observation suggests its potential for range expansion.

Keywords: Erythraean alien fish, Güllük Bay, cardinal fish

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Northernmost occurrence of the white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), in the Mediterranean and Black Seas system

Çetin Keskin

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2434-0355

Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University, Onaltı Mart Şehitleri Cad. No: 2, 34134 Vezneciler Fatih Istanbul, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

This study documents the presence and description of the white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex, in the coastal waters of the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus), Türkiye. Two specimens were caught by fishers who were using a stationary uncovered pound net in “Beykoz Dalyanı” in the coastal waters of the Istanbul Strait on 20 September 2023. The standard lengths of two specimens were measured (355 mm and 377 mm) and diagnostic characteristics were determined. The distribution area expanded from south to north within the Mediterranean and Black Seas system, which is also an indicator of warming of marine environment.

Keywords: Thermophilic fish, Carangidae, meridionalization, Istanbul Strait

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Introductory pages

Further extension and fine-scale coverage area of the Posidonia oceanica in Paşalimanı Island and the Kapıdağ Peninsula, the Sea of Marmara
Onur Gönülal, Rıdvan Kaan Gürses, Orhun Hisli, Zeynep Gülenç

Do you have room for a tiny one? Range expansion of Apogonichthyoides pharaonis in the Mediterranean Sea
Nildeniz Karakuş, Umut Uyan, Uğur Karakuş, Mehmet Baki Yokeş

Northernmost occurrence of the white trevally, Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), in the Mediterranean and Black Seas system
Çetin Keskin