Characteristics of the Aegean Sea Ecosystem

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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_at_ims.metu.edu.tr http//ims.me
tu.edu.tr/cv/oguz/main.html

ONR
Aegean Sea Workshop 8-10 October 2002,
Rhodes-Greece
METU
IMS
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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
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Emiliania Huxleyi Blooms In the Black and Marmara
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