“Geo-archives of a Coastal Lacustrine Eco-system”: Lake Bafa (Mediterranean Sea)

A sedimentological pattern of a coastal transitional environment: from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea shoreline through the Lake Bafa

Proceedings e report - Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques” ◽

10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.38 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 385-391

Author(s):

Özlem Bulkan ◽

Burak Yalamaz ◽

M.Namık Cagatay

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽

Environmental Fluctuations ◽

Transitional Environment ◽

Lake Bafa

This study represents the lithological correlation of multi-cores taken from the various parts of the current Lake Bafa basin, BAF35, - 37 - 39 - 41, - 42, - 46. Concerning the main depositional characteristics, we reconstructed fundamental characteristics of local abrupt and gradual environmental fluctuations. The gradual changes reflect four main environmental phases are lacustrine stage (last 0.8 ky), lagoon stage (0.8–1.75 ky BP), marine-river interaction stage (1.75–2.7 ky BP) and the earliest marine-dominated stage (>2.7 ky BP).

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Mediterranean Sea

AccessScience ◽

10.1036/1097-8542.413200 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea

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Evidence of a predation event on a tagged Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone; Pisces, Istiophoridae), inferred from pop-up satellite tagging data

Aquatic Living Resources ◽

10.1051/alr/2020024 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Danilo Malara ◽

Pietro Battaglia ◽

Pierpaolo Consoli ◽

Erika Arcadi ◽

Simonepietro Canese ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Research Group ◽

Marine Mammals ◽

Biodiversity Hotspot ◽

Pelagic Species ◽

Archival Tag ◽

Abiotic Parameters ◽

Predation Event ◽

Satellite Tagging ◽

First Time

The Strait of Messina is located at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea and is considered a biodiversity hotspot and an obligatory seasonal passage for different pelagic species such as sharks, marine mammals, and billfishes. For the first time, in the Strait of Messina, our research group tagged a Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) using a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT). The observation of abiotic parameters (depth, light, and temperature) recorded by the PSAT confirmed that the tagged specimen was predated after about nine hours. The tag was then regurgitated 14 days after the tag deployment date. The analysis of collected data seems to indicate that the predator may be an ectothermic shark, most likely the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus).

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