title: Changes in the Zooplankton of the Eastern Sea of Marmara
abstract: The study conducted in the eastern Sea of Marmara from 2016 to 2022 aimed to investigate the spatio-temporal distributions of mesozooplankton in relation to changing environmental conditions. A total of 43 zooplankton taxa were identified, with the number of species varying between 4 and 19 in the brackish upper layer (resembling the Black Sea) and between 1 and 17 in the saline lower layer (resembling the Mediterranean Sea). The abundances of zooplankton ranged from 28 to 43,359 ind.m(-3) in th