https://www.oceanexpert.net/expert/yaktan

ORCID : 0000-0001-7920-8979
ResearcherID : AAD-1812-2020

PhD

Teaching/Education
Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Limnology

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.

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin

CMAS Instructor Diver

English

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