Vol.18 – 2012 – No.2

Two decades of cooperation in the Black Sea Region: the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and its future
Sumru Noyan, Meltem Güney

A key role of sandy beaches in the marine environment
Yuvenaly Zaitsev

Oil input of surface water of the Turkish rivers flow to the Black Sea in 2005-2007
Kasım Cemal Güven, Burak Çoban

Metal levels in biota from the Southern Black Sea, Turkey
Nuray Balkis, Abdullah Aksu, Hakan Hiçsönmez

Present state and evolution trends of biodiversity in the Black Sea: decline and restoration
Alexandru S. Bologa, Daciana Sava

The seasonal occurrence and abundance of gelatinous macrozooplankton in Izmit Bay (the northeastern Marmara Sea)
Melek Isinibilir

Review of alien decapods (Crustacea) in the Aegean Sea
Kostas Kapiris, Tuncer Katağan, Suat A. Ateş, Alexis Conides

Turkish pelagic gillnet fishery for swordfish and incidental catches in the Aegean Sea
Okan Akyol, Tevfik Ceyhan, Mustafa Erdem

Two new records paralarva in the Eastern Mediterranean (Cephalopods: Mollusca)
Alp Salman

Observations on zooplankton in some lagoons in Turkey
M. Ruşen Ustaoğlu, Didem Özdemir Mis, Cem Aygen

Fishing at the Galata Bridge, İstanbul, in 2011-2012
Nao Iwano, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk

Morphological identification of parasites found in the stomach contents of bycaught striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Sea coast
Işıl Aytemiz, Ayhan Dede, Erdem Danyer, Arda M. Tonay

Cetacean strandings in the Turkish Western Black Sea coast during 2007-2009
Arda M. Tonay, Ayhan Dede, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Bayram Öztürk

Thoracic cirripeds (Thoracica: Cirripedia) from Antalya Bay (Eastern Mediterranean)
Cabir Beşir, Melih Ertan Çınar