抄録
The Black Sea has suffered from serious environmental problems during the last three decades due to increasing loads of different types of pollutants from domestic discharges, industrial activities, transportation, agriculture etc. Therefore, finding solutions to improve the environmental status of the Black Sea is one of the critical issues. Turkey is one of the Black Sea countries, releasing significant amounts of contaminants due to human activities. Reducing the pollution generated from this huge area will contribute to decrease total contamination in the Black Sea. In this paper, the Black Sea hydrological and geographical structure are summarized and available studies on region-wide scale are evaluated. Then an integrated approach for reducing water pollution in the Black Sea is outlined and adopted methodology is introduced based on clarifying the ecosystem structure and its interaction with socioeconomic activities in the Turkish Black Sea Basin
