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Characteristics of the Aegean Sea Ecosystem as a Transitional Regime from Oligotrophic Mediterranean to Eutrophic Black Sea: Implications of the SeaWIFS Chl data Temel Oguz Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), Middle East Technical University (METU), Erdemli-TURKEY
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Characteristics of the Aegean Sea Ecosystem as a Transitional Regime from Oligotrophic Mediterranean to Eutrophic Black Sea: Implications of the SeaWIFS Chl data Temel Oguz Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), Middle East Technical University (METU), Erdemli-TURKEY oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr http://ims.metu.edu.tr/cv/oguz/main.html ONR Aegean Sea Workshop 8-10 October 2002, Rhodes-Greece METU IMS
“90% of annual anchovy catch comes from the northern Aegean Sea . Egg and larve abundances are highest along its northern rim” (Stergiou, 1992). A synthesis paper “Major outputs of the recent multidisciplinary Biogeochemical researches undertaken in the Aegean Sea” Lykousis et al. (2002), JMS, 33-34, p.313-334 Motivation: Spatial and temporal variabilities of the ecosystem are still poorly known. The SeaWIFS Chl data provide a great deal of information, which contributes to our knowledge of the Aegean Sea ecosystem.
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Water, Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Total Organic Carbon Budgets of the Black Sea and the Turkish Straits System Temel Oguz and Suleyman Tugrul Prepared for: JGOFS-Continental Margins Task Team
Emiliania Huxleyi Blooms In the Black and Marmara Seas June 16, 2000