Vol.26 – 2020 – No.1

Introductory pages

Observations on the flowering and fruit developments in Halophila stipulacea (Hydrocharitaceae) in the Aegean Sea (Turkey)
Berrin Dural, Emine Şükran Okudan, Nilsun Demir, Ayhan Şenkardeşler, Hüseyin Erduğan, Veysel Aysel

Chemical composition of the essential oil of sea fennel seed (Crithmum maritimum L.) from Turkey
Funda Turan, M. Kemal Sangun, Ayşegül Ergenler

Preliminary results of cetacean sightings in the eastern Mediterranean Sea of Turkey
Aylin Akkaya, Patrick Lyne, Xenia Schulz, Tim Awbery, Svenja Capitain, Blanca Ferriz Rosell, Belen Yıldırım, Cansu İlkılınç, Julieta Vigliano Relva, Harry Clark, Liam van Walsum, Jonathan Gordon

A new non-destructive method for the assessment of the ecological status of coastal waters by using marine macrophytes
Ergün Taşkın

Sea turtles and sharks bycatch in Greece: Fishers’ and stakeholders’ knowledge
Eleana Touloupaki, Nikolaos Doumpas, Dimitrios Bouziotis, Vicky Rae, Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos, Ioannis Giovos

Spatial and temporal variations of anchovy eggs and larvae, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758), around Gökçeada Island, North Aegean Sea
İsmail Burak Daban, Ahsen Yüksek, Aytaç Altın

First record of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting in the Algerian coast (southwestern Mediterranean)
Mouloud Benabdi, Alae Eddine Belmahi

First sighting of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in the northern Aegean Sea
Ayhan Dede, Arda M. Tonay, Onur Gönülal, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk

Genetic confirmation of the first Mediterranean record of Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951
Alan Deidun, Teresa Maggio, Luca Castriota, Manuela Falautano, Giulio Franzitta

New record of the bignose shark, Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), in Turkish waters
Cemal Turan, Mahmut İğde, Aysegul Ergenler, Deniz Ayas

First record of the diamondback puffer, Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915, from Libyan waters
Sara A.A. Al Mabruk, Abdallah M. A. Belhassan, Jamila Rizgalla, Ioannis Giovos