Biodiversity of the northern Aegean Sea and southern part of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

The marine arthropods of Turkey

“…Altuğ et al (2011) reported this species from the Sea of Marmara. However, there was no statement regarding this important record of P. segnis except the species list.…”

The status of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in Turkey's waters

“…2 in Figure 1). Furthermore, local populations of Tursiops truncatus inhabiting the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits, Sea of Marmara, and in waters of Gökçeada and Bozcaada islands, and Saroz Bay were also suggested by Altug et al (2011). Local populations of dolphins in the northern Aegean Sea off Turkey's coast may be an inducing factor for the seasonal occurrence of C. carcharias in the area.…”

“…Furthermore, small odontocetes are also an accessible, perhaps primary prey group, at least to adult great white sharks in the Mediterranean, first, as free swimming prey and second, as a source for scavenging (Fergusson, 1996). Altug et al (2011) suggested that Delphinus delphis and Stenella coeruleoalba are distributed around Saroz Bay and Gökçeada during the year, where there are contemporary Aegean records of C. carcharias (see shaded area No. 2 in Figure 1).…”

Harbour porpoises in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean: the species’ presence is confirmed

“…Although no previous systematic survey for harbour porpoises had been conducted in the Thracian Sea, parts of this area had previously been surveyed for cetaceans. During spring and summer visual surveys of the Turkish waters of the Aegean Sea between 2005 and 2008, including Saros Bay, no harbour porpoises were observed Öztürk et al 2009;Altuğ et al 2011); possibly due to poor sea state or disturbance from the motor research vessel. Previous strandings data indicated the presence of porpoises in the Aegean Sea was largely confined to the northern Thracian Sea coast with several strandings northwest of Thasos Island and close to Alexandroupolis (Birkun & Frantzis 2008).…”