Integrated assessment of eutrophication in the southern Black Sea waters, using the Nested Environmental Status Assessment Tool

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dc.contributor.authorTan I.
dc.contributor.authorAtabay H.
dc.contributor.authorEvcen A.
dc.contributor.authorKurt G.
dc.contributor.authorTaşkın E.
dc.contributor.authorPolat Beken Ç.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:02:23Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:02:23Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis research deals with the land-based pressures on the southern Black Sea coast (Turkey), with the objective of assessing their eutrophication impacts. In this context, reference values of some of the eutrophication indicators were calculated, and eutrophication assessment was carried out for this area using the holistic approach NEAT (Nested Environmental Status Assessment Tool). In addition, correlations between NEAT results of coastal regions and pressure-impact analysis methods were investigated. In the determined Spatial Assessment Unit (SAU) areas, 9 indicators were evaluated according to the SAU surface, both with and without weighting by their size the overall assessment of the Turkish Black Sea coast is good (0.70) and moderate (0.57) environmental status, for non-weighting and weighting by SAUs, respectively, with a high confidence level. With this study, we concluded that the sensitivity of the assessment tool needs to be increased. Despite these results, an appropriate number of indicators to represent the water column should be added. It is important to include the phytoplankton variable in the evaluation in future studies. In addition, this study, which uses NEAT allows identifying problematic environmental areas that require attention and action from managers and policymakers. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115424
dc.identifier.issn0025326X
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/11844
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.subjectBlack Sea Coast [Turkey]
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectSeawater
dc.subjectAssessment tool
dc.subjectBlack sea
dc.subjectBlack sea waters
dc.subjectHuman pressures
dc.subjectImpact
dc.subjectIntegrated assessment
dc.subjectLUSI
dc.subjectNested environmental status assessment tool
dc.subjectSea coast
dc.subjectSpatial assessment
dc.subjecteutrophication
dc.subjectfuture prospect
dc.subjectintegrated approach
dc.subjectphytoplankton
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectspatiotemporal analysis
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectBlack Sea
dc.subjectecosystem monitoring
dc.subjectenvironmental impact assessment
dc.subjectenvironmental indicator
dc.subjecteutrophication
dc.subjectnested environmental status assessment tool
dc.subjectphytoplankton
dc.subjectEutrophication
dc.titleIntegrated assessment of eutrophication in the southern Black Sea waters, using the Nested Environmental Status Assessment Tool
dc.typeArticle

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