Macrofloral and macrofaunal biodiversity on the shipwrecks of the Gallipoli Campaign - Life on the deadliest battleships


ÖZ M. İ., ACARLI D., KEDİOĞLU Ç., ÖZALP H. B., Evcen A.

SHIPWRECKS OF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN AND PROTECTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY, ss.99-105, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

Özet

A total of 127 macro organisms; 17 floral and 110 faunal, were identified by means of in situ observations on 7 of the Gallipoli Campaign shipwrecks. Twenty species have economical value and four species were determined to have been in IUCN List of Threatened Species on different levels. Protection measures should be taken not only for the sunken ships but also for the marine life growing on them.