Welcome to aquatic ecology research group at the Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University. We conduct research mainly on ecology of aquatic environment both for its biotic and abiotic components. Our major focus is the temporal and spatial change of the aquatic ecosystems and the natural communities living in them. We host an advanced experimental mesocosm facility that enables us to conduct ecosystem level experiments and also in-situ coastal (marine) mesocosms for climate change experiments on littoral communities. We also conduct field observations on various aquatic ecosystems spanning from coastal wetlands to alpine lakes.

Latest News

• Göksu field research
  We were at Göksu for a field research with our international collaborators Ariane and Anna for the C-Blues project. We collected soil core samples and measured greenhouse gas emissions from… Read more: Göksu field research
• Meltem graduated!
  On Nov 27, Meltem Kuyumcu successfully defended her master’s thesis on ‘Salinization and warming effects on zooplankton community in Mediterranean shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment’. Hearty congratulations and all the… Read more: Meltem graduated!
• Hasan reaches his masters milestone
  Hasan defended his thesis on Composition and Stratigraphy of Sedimentary Pigments in Alpine Lakes of Taurus Mountains, Türkiye on August 29. Big Congratulations to him for earning his masters degree.… Read more: Hasan reaches his masters milestone
• Yeşim earns her Masters degree
  Hearty Congratulations to Yeşim for successfully defending her thesis on Spatiotemporal dynamics of carbonate chemistry in river and groundwater inputs to the Northeastern Mediterranean Coast.