Research area:

heavy metals in marine fauna, flora, and sediment;

aquatic toxicology and marine pollution;

Black Sea phyto-, zoo-, ichthyo-, and macroplankton, as well as jellyfish.

 

Membership in editorial boards, publishing associations, scientific communities, and other organizations:

section editor – scientific journal Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Aquatic Science and Technology;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Modern Environmental Science and Engineering;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal;

member of the scientific committee – scientific journal International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Madridge Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development.

 

References:

Bat L., Başusta N., Öztekin A. Şahin F., Arici E., Seyhan K. Trace elements in edible tissues of the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the southern Black Sea, Türkiye: Sex, monthly, and age variations and human consumer health risk. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, vol. 30, iss. 7, pp. 17384–17396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23297-x

 

Quratulan A., Levent B., Ayşah Ö., Qadeer M. A., Farhana Sh. G., Farzana Y. Metals levels in Sarda orientalis collected from the commercial landings of Karachi Fish Harbor, Pakistan (northern Arabian Sea) and assessment of likely health risks to the consumers. Spectroscopy Letters, 2023, vol. 56, iss. 2, pp. 73–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/00387010.2023.2165506

 

Mülayim A., Bat L., Öztekin A., Gündüz S. K., Yücedağ E., Bıçak B. Microplastic accumulation in crayfish Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) and sediments of Durusu (Terkos) Lake (Turkey). Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022, vol. 233, art. no. 449 (17 p.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05908-y

 

Bat L., Öztekin A., Öztürk D. K., Gürbüzer P., Özsandıkçı U., Eyüboğlu B., Öztekin H. C. Beach litter contamination of the Turkish middle Black Sea coasts: Spatial and temporal variation, composition, and possible sources. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022, vol. 185, pt. A, art. no. 114248 (12 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114248

 

Bat L., Şahin F., Öztekin A., Arici E. Element contamination and probable ecological concern in surface sediments of the Black Sea's Iğneada coasts. Trends in Sciences, 2022, vol. 19, no. 9, art. no. 3974 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.48048/tis.2022.3974

 

Mutlua E., Kideys A. E., Şahin F., Erik G., Aksu H., Erdem E., Karayücel S., Bat L. Population dynamics and ecology of the invasive veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa in the southern Black Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022, vol. 268, art. no. 107807 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107807

 

Bat L., Şahin F., Öztekin A., Arici E. Toxic metals in seven commercial fish from the southern Black Sea: Toxic risk assessment of eleven-year data between 2009 and 2019. Biological Trace Element Research, 2022, vol. 200, iss. 2, pp. 832–843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02684-4

 

Öztekin A., Arici E., Şahin F., Bat L. Farmed Turkish salmon: Toxic metals and health threat. Foods and Raw Materials, 2021, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 317–323. https://doi.org/10.21603/2308-4057-2021-2-317-323

 

Bat L., Arici E., Öztekin A., Şahin F. Toxic metals in the warty crab in the southern Black Sea: Assessment of human health risk. Marine Biological Journal, 2020, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 3–11. https://doi.org/10.21072/mbj.2020.05.1.01

 

Boissin E., Neglia V., Baksay S., Micu D., Bat L., Topaloglu B., Todorova V., Panayotova M., Kruschel C., Milchakova N., Voutsinas E., Beqiraj S., Nasto I., Aglieri G., Taviani M., Zane L., Planes S. Chaotic genetic structure and past demographic expansion of the invasive gastropod Tritia neritea in its native range, the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, iss. 1, art. no. 21624 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77742-3

 

Öztekin A., Bat L., Baki O. G. Beach litter pollution in Sinop Sarikum Lagoon coast of the southern Black Sea. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2020, vol. 20, iss. 3, pp. 197–205. https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v20_3_04

 

Bat L., Öztekin A., Arici E., Şahin F. Health risk assessment: Heavy metals in fish from the southern Black Sea. Foods and Raw Materials, 2020, vol. 8, iss. 1, pp. 115–124. https://doi.org/10.21603/2308-4057-2020-1-115-124

 

Paterno M., Bat L., Souissi J. B., Boscari E., Chassanite A., Congiu L., Guarnieri G., Kruschel C., Mačći V., Marino I. A. M., Micu D., Milchakova N., Panayotova M., Papetti C., Planes S., Strungaru S., Todorova V. R., Voutsinas E., Zane L. A. Genome-wide approach to the phylogeography of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Adriatic and the Black seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019, vol. 6, art. no. 566 (16 p.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00566

 

Üstün F., Bat L., Şahin F. Composition, abundance and biomass of mesozooplankton in the southwestern Black Sea along the coast of İğneada, Turkey. Biologia, 2019, vol. 74, iss. 7, pp. 851–862. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00219-w

 

Özkan E. Y., Buyukisik B., Bat L. Effects of biogeochemical processes on spatial distribution of iron, manganese, reactive phosphates, and nitrates in the Black Sea. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 2019, vol. 48, iss. 6, pp. 907–916.

 

Bat L., Özkan E. Y. Heavy metal levels in sediment of the Turkish Black Sea coast. In: Oceanography and Coastal Informatics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice. Hersey, PA (USA) : IGI Global, 2019, pp. 86–107. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7308-1.ch004

 

Zafar F. H. S., Zahid M., Bat L. Effects of processing on essential and heavy metal composition of popular fish species consumed in the Karachi coast of the Arabian Sea. Carpathian Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2019, vol. 11, iss. 2, pp. 141–151. https://doi.org/10.34302/crpjfst/2019.11.2.11

 

Bat L., Zahid M., Öztekin A. Assessment of heavy metals pollution in water and sediments and polychaetes in Sinop shores of the Black Sea. KSU Tarim ve Doga Dergisi – KSU Journal of Agriculture and Nature, 2019, vol. 22, iss. 5, pp. 806–819. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.v22i45606.535882

 

Donmez M. A., Bat L. Detection of feeding dietary Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) in Samsun coasts of the Black Sea, Turkey. Su Urunleri Dergisi, 2019, vol. 36, iss. 2, pp. 135–144. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.2019.36.2.05

 

Bat L., Öztekin A. Heavy metals health risk appraisal in benthic fish species of the Black Sea. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 2019, vol. 48, iss. 1, pp. 163–168.

 

Bat L., Sezgin M., Sahin F. Heavy metal contamination of aquatic resources from Turkish Black Sea waters. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, 2018, vol. 19, iss. 2, pp. 558–563.

 

Ustun F., Bat L., Mutlu E. Seasonal variation and taxonomic composition of mesozooplankton in the southern Black Sea (off Sinop) between 2005 and 2009. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2018, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 541–556. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1801-13

 

Bat L., Oztekin A., Yardim O. Metal levels in large sea trout from Sinop fish market. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2018, vol. 27, iss. 2, pp. 8505–8508.

 

Bat L., Oztekin A., Arici E. Assessment of heavy metals in Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 marketed in Sinop (Turkey). Alinteri Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 2018, vol. 33, iss. 1, pp. 51–54. https://doi.org/10.28955/alinterizbd.358158

 

Ozdemir Z. B., Erdem Y., Bat L. Food composition and distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton in the Southern Black Sea. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 2018, vol. 44, iss. 12, pp. 2541–2548.