1. MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER
TUBITAK
MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER
(MRC)
Partner Potential for Call 6.1-1
Climate-related Ocean Processes
Dr. Patricia Ramey-Balci Dr. Bilge Tutak 1

2. MRC - Environment Institute - MRG
More specifically the coastal and marine ecosystem state and impact studies have been focused on:
- C, N, P cycling in semi-enclosed sea basins
- Primary productivity and limiting nutrients
- Phytoplankton speciation/isolation/cultivation
- Bioassays with phytoplankton on nutrient consumption and DOC/CH production
- Chemical pollution (water/sediment/biota)
- Ecotoxicology (Biomarkers and toxicity tests)
- Macro-benthic species diversity and abundance
Pollution, eutrophication, biodiversity loss
Projects ( )
- # of RD and IR projects:
Scale and type of RD projects:
9 integrated, 13 small ;
14 national, 9 international
1 infrastructure (RV Acquisition)
- Budget : 9.5 M € (RD) + 8 M € (IR)
national RD funding: 95 %
international RD funding: 5 %
Expertise
- Physical oceanography and ocean modelling,
Chemical oceanography,
Biological oceanography (upper pelagic system and benthic)
Sediment chemistry
- Chemotaxanomic approach to characterize phytoplankton assemblages
- Chemical and biological investigations on mucus/mucilage aggregates
Tools and Products:
- M & A of coastal waters – Classification
- ICZM – ESE systems approach
- Management of accidental pollution -oil spills and ballast waters : Decision support systems with IT contribution
- Development and utilization of environmental and simulation models
- Ocean-ecosystem numerical modelling
Sea-going experience:
Black Sea ,Marmara Sea and the Straits, Mediterranean
Baltic, N-E and S-W Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean and Antarctica 2 2

3. Recent EU-Funded Projects
Seadatanet II: Pan-European Ocean Data Management (Partner)
Micro B3: Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinfo and Biotech (Partner)
EuroFleets2: New Operational Steps Towards an Alliance of European Research Fleets (Negotiation stage - Partner)
MISIS: MSFD Guiding Improvements in the Black Sea Integrated Monitoring System (DG-ENV, Subcontractor)
Hot Black Sea: Integrated Hotspots Management and Saving the Living Black Sea Ecosystem (CBC-Partner)

4. MRC Potential Contributions to Call 6.1-1
“… regional and global scale modeling capabilities, laboratory and field experiments and observation systems...”
Regional and basin scale ocean-ecosystem modelling experience
Multidisciplinary research staff
A regional class R/V (41.2m) to be commissioned early 2013
The location of MRC provides a testbed to build an ‘integrated  marine knowledge-base’ (i.e. Med, Aegean, Marmara-TSS, Black Sea)
Close connection with existing networks and extensive experience with EU directives
Substantially involved in regional networks and collaborative projects