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Microplastic Pollution in the Marmara Sea: Spatial Distribution and Sinks

Author: Environment Centre of the Marmara Municipalities Union

A report mapping microplastic accumulation zones in the surface waters and bottom sediments of the Sea of Marmara, forming the basis for clean-up strategies.

#Microplastics #Marmara Sea #Waste Management
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Mediterranean Sea Acidification: Trends, Impacts, and Adaptation Strategies

Author: Dr. Deniz Bilge, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Akdeniz

A comprehensive academic study of pH changes measured across the Mediterranean over the last 20 years and their socio-economic effects on the marine ecosystem, fisheries and coastal economies.

#Ocean Acidification #Mediterranean #Ecology
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Global Oceanography Databases & Reference Libraries Directory

Integration directory of official international databases and publication repositories used worldwide for ocean governance, biodiversity monitoring, and climate modeling:

UNESCO Database

OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System)

Provider: UNESCO / IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)

Largest global open-access database tracking geographic distribution, taxonomy, and time-series of marine species.

#Biodiversity #MarineSpecies #OpenData
NOAA Database

World Ocean Database (WOD) / NOAA NCEI

Provider: NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)

Comprehensive archive storing millions of in-situ profiles on temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients.

#OceanChemistry #In-Situ #SST Profiles
European Data Network

SeaDataNet Infrastructure

Provider: EU National Oceanographic Data Centres Consortium

Pan-European oceanographic data infrastructure standardizing metadata catalogues and QC rules across European marine institutes.

#Metadata Standards #Pan-European #Marine Physics