CLASSIFICATION OF SENSITIVE AND LESS SENSITIVE AREAS ALONG THE AEGEAN COASTAL AREAS OF TURKEY

Avaz, Gulsen; KÜÇÜKSEZGİN, FİLİZ; TUĞRUL, SÜLEYMAN; Tan, Ibrahim; Gunay, ASLI; Kuzyaka, Ersan; Ozkan, Melek

CLASSIFICATION OF SENSITIVE AND LESS SENSITIVE AREAS ALONG THE AEGEAN COASTAL AREAS OF TURKEY

Avaz G., KÜÇÜKSEZGİN F., TUĞRUL S. , Tan I., Gunay A. S. , Kuzyaka E., ...More

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, vol.27, pp.9230-9244, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 27
Publication Date: 2018
Title of Journal : FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
Page Numbers: pp.9230-9244
Keywords: Aegean Sea, coastal area, eutrophication, sensitive area, less sensitive area, Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), TROPHIC INDEX TRIX, WATER QUANTITY, FRESH-WATER, EUTROPHICATION, MARINE, SEA, ECOSYSTEM, PHYTOPLANKTON, CONSEQUENCES, NUTRIENTS

Abstract

In the last few decades, due to an enormous increase in urbanization, industrialization and tourism activities, the risk of eutrophication has been gradually gaining more significance, especially for the closed and semi-closed bays in Turkey.