Large-scale demonstration of protection, restoration and management of blue forest ecosystems in European sea basins

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Increased area and improved condition of marine and coastal vegetated habitats within EU waters through effective on-site conservation, restoration and management of activities to help deliver on the objectives of the Nature Restoration Regulation; Maintained and enhanced capacity of blue carbon ecosystems to naturally store carbon, supporting EU climate mitigation goals; Enhanced capacity of marine vegetated habitats/blue carbon ecosystems to support biodiversity and fisheries; Established novel financing and incentive mechanisms that support conservation, restoration and management of blue forest ecosystems projects; Raised public awareness and improved community participation in blue forest ecosystems protection, restoration and management activities, ensuring long-term involvement.… more

Democratic engagement and civic participationIntegrated Coastal Zone Management / Integrated CInternational Ocean GovernanceMarine ConservationMarine Ecosystems RestorationMarine EnvironmentMarine Protected Areas/MpasMarine ReservesMarine Strategy Framework DirectiveMarine and Ocean ManagementOceanOcean and Climate ChangeOceanography (physical, chemical, biological, geological)Valorisation and capacity buildingCommunity engagementMarine restoration

1. %75
   BETTINA ANDREA FACH SALİHOĞLU

   ProfesörOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Marine and fisheries research · Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

   Overlapping papers: CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016) · Potential impacts of climate change on the primary production of regional seas A comparative analysis of five European seas (2016)

2. %73
   HASAN ÖREK

   Öğretim GörevlisiOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology · Marine Biology and Ecology Research

   Overlapping papers: CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016) · Antioxidant Capacity and Protein contents of Five Marine Microalgae (2025)

3. %71
   DEVRİM TEZCAN

   Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Coastal and Marine Management · Marine and fisheries research · Marine Biology and Ecology Research

   Overlapping papers: CoCoNet: Towards Coast To Coast Networks Of Marine Protected Areas (From The Shore To The High and Deep Sea), Coupled With Sea-Based Wind Energy Potential (2017) · CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016)

4. %70
   YADİGAR ŞEKERCİ FIRAT

   DoçentAmasya Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Marine and coastal ecosystems

   Overlapping papers: Marine system dynamical response to a changing climate in frame of power law, exponential decay, and Mittag-Leffler kernel (2020) · Fractional order oxygen–plankton system under climate change (2020)

5. %68
   KORAY ÖZHAN

   DoçentOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine and environmental studies · Marine Toxins and Detection Methods

   Overlapping papers: Ocean acidification drives species-specific and time-dependent pigment responses in three phytoplankton taxa (2026) · Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2021)

6. %65
   EKİN AKOĞLU

   DoçentOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and fisheries research · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies · Marine and environmental studies · Coastal and Marine Management

   Overlapping papers: State of the art modelling for the Black Sea ecosystem to support European policies (2025) · Making ecological indicators management ready: Assessing the specificity, sensitivity, and threshold response of ecological indicators (2019)

7. %59
   ESRA ÖZTÜRK YİĞİT

   Araştırma GörevlisiEge Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and coastal plant biology · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

   Overlapping papers: Gene expression changes in the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa individuals in response to aquatic acidification (2024) · Experimental Strategies on Climate Change Impacts: Climate Chamber Approach for Seagrass Meadows (2024)

8. %58
   IRMAK ERTÖR

   DoçentBoğaziçi Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Coastal and Marine Management · Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

   Overlapping papers: Ocean defenders and human rights (2023) · ‘We are the oceans, we are the people!’: fisher people’s struggles for blue justice (2023)

9. %57
   AHMET ERKAN KIDEYŞ

   ProfesörOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

   Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

   Overlapping papers: CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016) · CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016)

10. %57
    COŞKUN ERÜZ

    ProfesörKaradeniz Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies

    Overlapping papers: Exploring seasonal, spatial and pathways of marine litter pollution along the Southeastern Black Sea Cost of Turkiye (2024) · Exploring seasonal, spatial and pathways of marine litter pollution along the Southeastern Black Sea Cost of Türkiye (2024)

11. %56
    BAYRAM ÖZTÜRK

    Profesörİstanbul Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Ecology and Invasive Species · Marine and environmental studies · Marine animal studies overview

    Overlapping papers: History of expansion and anthropogenic collapse in a top marine predator of the Black Sea estimated from genetic data (2012) · Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity a pan European review (2014)

12. %56
    BURAK EGELİ

    Öğretim Görevlisi (ders Vermekle Görevli)Haliç Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Coastal and Marine Management

13. %56
    SELDA PALABIYIK

    Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiGiresun Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

    Overlapping papers: pH acidification in the Red Sea: A machine learning-based validation study (2025) · Implementation of a Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model for Assessing pH Variability in Coastal Marine Waters (2025)

14. %56
    İSMAİL AKÇAY

    DoçentMersin Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine and environmental studies

    Overlapping papers: Heavy Metal Distributions of Macroalgal Species From the Mersin Inner Bay, Türkiye (2024) · Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Economically Important Fish and a Parasitic Nematode (Hysterothylacium sp.) from Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Sea: Implications for Human Health (2026)

15. %55
    ALİ MUZAFFER FEYZİOĞLU

    ProfesörKaradeniz Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine and environmental studies · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

    Overlapping papers: A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research (2025) · Pigment-based Phytoplankton Size Classes and Community Composition along the Western Antarctic Peninsula during the Turkish Antarctic Expedition of 2019 (2024)

16. %55
    PERİHAN KARAKÖSE

    Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiBartın Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems · Coastal and Marine Dynamics

    Overlapping papers: Efficient Chlorophyll Prediction and Sampling in the Sea: A Real-Time Approach with UCB-Based Path Planning (2024)

17. %54
    MURAT BİLECENOĞLU

    ProfesörAydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Ecology and Invasive Species · Marine and fisheries research · Ichthyology and Marine Biology

    Overlapping papers: Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution (2010) · Alien Species Threat across Marine Protected Areas of Turkey-An Updated Inventory (2021)

18. %52
    ASIM MUSTAFA MANTIKCI

    Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and coastal ecosystems · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine and environmental studies · Marine and fisheries research

    Overlapping papers: Patterns of dark respiration in aquatic systems (2020) · The impact assessment of cage aquaculture on benthic communities along the south eastern Black Sea (2014)

19. %52
    ECE KILIÇ

    Doçentİskenderun Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

    Overlapping papers: Microplastic occurrence in the gill and gastrointestinal tract of Chelon ramada (Mugilidae) in a highly urbanized region, İskenderun Bay, Turkey (2022) · Habitat selection overrides trophic transfer: modeling microplastic ingestion in Mediterranean fish assemblages (2026)

20. %52
    FATMA GÜRBÜZ

    ProfesörAksaray Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics · Marine and coastal ecosystems

    Overlapping papers: Biopolymeric Composite Columns for Improving Water Quality in a Freshwater Stream Receiving Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents (2024) · Partial characterization of cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances for aquatic ecosystems (2019)

21. %52
    İLKNUR YILDIZ

    Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiKaradeniz Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine and coastal ecosystems

    Overlapping papers: Pigment-based Phytoplankton Size Classes and Community Composition along the Western Antarctic Peninsula during the Turkish Antarctic Expedition of 2019 (2024) · Microplankton Composition and Spatial Distribution Along the West Antarctic Peninsula During the Late Summer of 2017 (2020)

22. %51
    AHMET SEPİL

    Doktor Öğretim ÜyesiVan Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

    Overlapping papers: Mortality and Treatment of Electric Blue Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciatum) and Blood Red Parrot Cichlid Fish in Planarian Infestation (2024) · Effects of Different Current Speeds, Depths and Feeding Rates on Predicted Solid Fluxes Derived From Marine Cage Farms in the Eastern Mediterranean (North Aegean Sea, Turkey) (2016)

23. %51
    ALİ CEMAL GÜCÜ

    ProfesörOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and fisheries research · Marine and environmental studies · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

    Overlapping papers: The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus status biology threats and conservation priorities (2015) · Ecoregion Based Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Dealing with Large Scale Heterogeneity (2013)

24. %51
    BURAK ERDOĞAN

    Öğretim Görevlisi (ders Vermekle Görevli)Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

25. %51
    EBRU YEŞİM ÖZKAN

    Profesörİzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and environmental studies · Marine and coastal ecosystems

    Overlapping papers: A survey of metal concentrations in marine sediment cores in the vicinity of an old mercury-mining area in Karaburun, Aegean Sea (2017) · A survey of metal concentrations in marine sediment cores in the vicinity of an old mercury-mining area in Karaburun, Aegean Sea (2017)

26. %51
    YAHYA TERZİ

    DoçentKaradeniz Teknik Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry

    Overlapping papers: A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research (2025) · Riverine microplastic discharge along the southern Black Sea coast of Türkiye (2025)

27. %50
    AYSUN UĞUR GÖRGÜN

    ProfesörEge Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Biology and Ecology Research

    Overlapping papers: Ocean Acidification-Mediated Food Chain Transfer of Polonium between Primary Producers and Consumers (2022) · Assessment of polonium-210 bioaccumulation in Mediterranean limpet Patella caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) and sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) from different coastal areas of Türkiye: Inclusion of a seasonal investigation (2024)

28. %50
    UĞUR KARADURMUŞ

    DoçentBandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Ecology and Invasive Species · Marine and environmental studies

    Overlapping papers: A holistic framework for the protection and management of seagrass meadows as natural assets of the Sea of Marmara (2026) · Expansion of the Distribution Range and Size of the Invasive Blue Crab on the Turkish Coast of the Black Sea (2024)

29. %49
    ORKİDE MİNARECİ

    DoçentManisa Celâl Bayar Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine and coastal plant biology · Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

    Overlapping papers: Effect of the aquaculture on the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: a decade before and after in the Aegean Sea (2024) · Ecological quality status of the Turkish coastal waters by using a marine macrophytic biotic index (EEI-c) (2023)

30. %48
    AYDAN ÇETİN KESKİN

    Profesörİstanbul Üniversitesi

    Shared topics: Marine Ecology and Invasive Species · Marine and fisheries research · Marine and environmental studies

    Overlapping papers: CoCoNet: TOWARDS COAST TO COAST NETWORKS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (FROM THE SHORE TO THE HIGH AND DEEP SEA), COUPLED WITH SEA-BASED WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL (2016) · Reconciling Trends of Mean Trophic Index and Mean Temperature of the Catch in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas (2018)

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