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, scientific communities, and other organizations:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Zohra K., Yousuf F., Ahmed Q., Ali Q. M., Bilgin S., Bat L. A study on diet composition and feeding habits of Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 from the Northern Arabian Sea. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2025, vol. 25, no. 4, art. no. TRJFAS25543 (8 p.). https://doi.org/10.4194/TRJFAS25543

 

Bat L., Şahin F., Öztekin A., Özsandıkçı U., Özkan E. Y. Comprehensive risk assessment of metals in surface sediments of the Southern Black Sea coastal and transition waters. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024, vol. 75, art. no. 103561 (11 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103561

 

Öztekin A., Üstün F., Bat L., Tabak A. Microplastic contamination of the seawater in the Hamsilos Bay of the southern Black Sea. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2024, vol. 235, iss. 6, art. no. 325 (15 p.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07138-w

 

Bhuyan Md. S., Bat L., Senapathi V., Kulandaisamy P., Sekar S., Haider S. M. B., Meraj G., Islam Md. T., Kunda M., Alam Md. W., Rabaoui L. A review on sea cucumber (Bengali: Somuddro Sosha) as a bioindicator of heavy metal contamination and toxicity. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024, vol. 199, art. no. 115988 (15 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115988

 

Bat L., Yardım Ö., Öztekin A. Metal levels in Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) and their health risk assessment for consumers. Environmental Quality Management, 2024, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.22173

 

Yalçın M. G., Mutlu E., Olguner C., Atakoğlu Ö. Ö., Bat L., Özkan E. Y. Spatial geochemical structure of soft sediment on shallow littoral of the Gulf of Antalya, the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023, vol. 193, art. no. 115155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115155

 

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

 

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