Vol.27 – 2021 – No.1

Introductory pages

Can social media platforms play a role in sea turtle conservation efforts in Libya in times of war and political/economic instability?
Jamila Rizgalla

Sea water temperature in the North Aegean Sea (Gökçeada Island) between 1972 and 2018: an implication of global warming
Onur Gönülal

A preliminary study on marine top predators inhabiting Gökçeada Island, the North Aegean Sea
Nur Bikem Kesici, Cem Dalyan, Onur Gönülal, Aylin Akkaya, Patrick Lyne, Suna Tüzün, Belen Yıldırım

First massive mucilage event observed in deep waters of Çanakkale Strait (Dardanelles), Turkey
H. Barış Özalp

Influence of abiotic factors on the abundance of Foraminifera in the Odessa Sea Region, Black Sea
Ludmila V. Vorobyova

Sea bottom features of eastern İzmit Bay and entrance zone of the North Anatolian Fault in the northeastern Marmara Sea
Vedat Ediger, Ali Cankurtaranlar, Onur Akyol

First record of small scaled terapon, Terapon puta Cuvier, 1829, in Turkey
Meltem Manasırlı, Sinan Mavruk

The alien lionfish, Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828), enters the Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea
Vincenzo Di Martino, Bessy Stancanelli

The first record of Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 and Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 from Cyprus
Hasan Deniz Akbora, Burak Ali Çiçek, Deniz Ayas

First record of Leucothea multicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Ctenophora:  Lobota: Leucotheidae) in the Lebanese coastal waters, eastern Mediterranean Sea
Ghazi Bitar, Ali Badreddine

Obituary