The Effects of Natural Life Islands Planing on Izmir Bay Ecosystem

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 120 - 126, 16.12.2019

Tarik İlhan , Atilla Hüsnü Eronat Ezgi Talas , Muhammet Duman

Abstract

Izmir is one of
the most important trade ports of Turkey, which has hosted many important
civilizations through time. Izmir and its surroundings owe this strategic value
to the Bay. Many scientific studies that have been carried out in Izmir Bay for
decades point out that the Bay has become by limiting direct pollution of the
Bay. However, it is a fact that the present circulation should be increased. For
this reason, the İzmir Bay and Port Rehabilitation Project was created. The aim
of this study is to choose the most suitable place for the proposed "Natural Life Islands", which are to
be built from the seabed dredgings from a channel to be built to help increase
the circulation in the bay. Hydroacustic and oceanographic data were collected
and evaluated. After post dredging, the future flow pattern and sediment
transport model should be investigated. The
planned islands are expected to have an impacts on the Izmir Bay ecosystem. Therefore,
it is very important to make the right decision as to the placement of the
islands. As a result, the effects of the planned
islands on the present ecosystem of the bay should be investigated in detail.

Keywords

Izmir Bay, Natural Life Islands, Ecosystem, Seabed Dredging

Project Number

DBTE-231

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