-Yelda AKTAN TURAN is a Professor in Marine and Freshwater Resources Management Department at the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University. She obtained her first degree, BSc, at the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, İstanbul University. She attended to Institute of Sciences, Istanbul University, for her PhD. She did post-doctoral studies at Sassari University, Italy. Her main research areas include the phytoplankton, benthic algal communities and macrophytes in freshwater and coastal marine areas, their interactions with environmental parameters, particularly harmful algal blooms, mucilage and eutrophication events. In addition to algal ecology, her recent scientific researches are focused on the sensitive habitats. She has developed partnerships with many national and international groups involved in estimating of health status of Posidonia oceanica meadows in marine coastal areas.

Hydrobiology

Key habitats in Mediterrannean, coastal eutrophication, algal ecology, seagrass, coralligenous habitats

algal ecology, eutrophication, mucilage, seagrass, coralligen algae

International Conference on Harmful Algae, Mediterranean Symposium on Marine Vegetation,