WORK IS BEING CONDUCTED AT 4 POINTS
Sampling, which started in February 2023, continues within monthly periods. In this context, research assistants took samples in April. The research ship is carrying out sampling studies at designated points in the Gulf of Izmit. Accordingly, the study is carried out at a total of 3 points, including 1 sampling points in the area where bottom mud will be drawn and 4 reference sampling point slightly outside the study area.
MARINE BIODIVERSITY WILL BE EMERGED
Within the scope of the study, studies on variable parameters in sea water, nutritional salts, chlorophyll-a, bacteriological analyses, phytoplankton analyses, zooplankton analyses, fish and benthic organisms are carried out. This study will reveal the existing marine biodiversity. The biodiversity monitoring study, which was initiated before the bottom mud extraction process, is planned to be continued in the future, covering the period during and after the bottom mud withdrawal. Thus, the possible positive effects of the Izmit Bay Bottom Sludge Cleaning works will be revealed.