Assoc. Prof. NUR EDA TOPÇU ERYALÇIN


Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

Department of Marine Biology


WoS Research Areas: Natural Sciences (Sci), Life Sciences (Life), Natural Sciences General, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Reproductive Biology, Anatomy & Morphology, Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology


Avesis Research Areas: Hydrobiology, Marine Biology, Life Sciences, Animal Biology, Animal Development and Maturation, Animal Reproduction, Systematic Zoology, Population Biology, Population Genetics, Natural Sciences

Email: edatopcu@istanbul.edu.tr
Office Phone: +90 216 455 5700 Extension: 20158
Fax Phone: +90 212 514 0379
Web: http://aves.istanbul.edu.tr/edatopcu/
Office: Su Bilimleri Fakültesi Kapı no 110
Address: İ.Ü. Su Bilimleri Fak. Kalenderhane Mahallesi, Onaltı Mart Şehitleri Caddesi, No: 2 P.K 34134 Vezneciler Fatih İstanbul

Metrics

Publication

64

Publication (WoS)

19

Publication (Scopus)

19

Citation (WoS)

603

H-Index (WoS)

10

Citation (Scopus)

452

H-Index (Scopus)

8

Citation (Scholar)

1158

H-Index (Scholar)

16

Citation (Sobiad)

139

H-Index (Sobiad)

6

Project

34
UN Sustainable Development Goals

Education

2007 - 2014

2007 - 2014

Doctorate

Istanbul University, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Deniz Biyolojisi Abd, Turkey

2005 - 2006

2005 - 2006

Postgraduate

Université de la Méditerranée: Aix-Marseille II, Centre D'océanologie De Marseille, Océanographie-Recherche, France

2004 - 2005

2004 - 2005

Postgraduate

Université de Bretagne Occidentale: Brest, Institut Universitaire Européen De La Mer (Iuem), Sciences De La Mer Et Du Littoral, France

2000 - 2004

2000 - 2004

Undergraduate

Université de Bretagne Occidentale: Brest, Ufr Sciences & Techniques, Licence De La Biologie Des Organismes, France

Dissertations

2014

2014

Doctorate

Marmara Denizi Adalarında Bulunan Octocorallia Ordosuna ait Türlerin Taksonomileri, Dağılımları, Biyolojileri ve Ekolojileri Sustainable Development

Istanbul University, Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Temel Bilimler/Deniz Biyolojisi Anabilim Dalı

2006

2006

Postgraduate

Demospongiae’de Filtrasyon aktivitesi ve etkinliği, Spongia officinalis: çevresel koşulların etkilerinin değerlendirilmesi

Universite Aix-Marseille II, Centre D'océanologie De Marseille, Biologie Et Ecologie Marine

2005

2005

Postgraduate

Makro – (silisyum) ve mikro-(çinko) nutrientlerin okyanus diatomları üzerindeki etkisi

Université de Bretagne Occidentale: Brest, Iuem (Institut Universitaire Européen De La Mer), Biyolojik Deniz Bilimleri

Foreign Languages

B2 Upper Intermediate

B2 Upper Intermediate

English

C1 Advanced

C1 Advanced

French

B1 Intermediate

B1 Intermediate

Spanish

Certificates, Courses and Trainings

2015

2015

An Introduction and practical use of European marine data infrastructures

Other

The Fixed point Open Ocean Observatory network (Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 project))

2008

2008

Posidonia Meadows Monitoring and Mapping

Other

RAC/SPA - MedPosidonia Project

2008

2008

CMAS** Dalgıç eğitimi

Other

Islak Mavi Dalış okulu

Research Areas

Hydrobiology

Marine Biology

Life Sciences

Animal Biology

Animal Development and Maturation

Animal Reproduction

Systematic Zoology

Population Biology

Population Genetics

Natural Sciences

Academic Positions

2021 - Present

2021 - Present

Associate Professor

Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

2018 - 2021

2018 - 2021

Associate Professor

Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

2018 - 2018

2018 - 2018

Assistant Professor

Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

2016 - 2018

2016 - 2018

Assistant Professor

Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

2007 - 2016

2007 - 2016

Research Assistant

Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Marine and Freshwater Resources Management

Articles

All (22)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (18)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (19)
ESCI (1)
Scopus (19)
TRDizin (1)
Other Publications (2)

Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

2025

2025

1. Coralligenous Communities of Gökçeada (Aegean Sea/Eastern Mediterranean): Diversity and Threats

Topaloğlu B., Akyüz O. U., Saraçoğlu C., Hisi O., Topçu Eryalçın N. E.

58th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 2025) , Bodo, Norway, 6 - 09 July 2025, pp.79, (Summary Text)

2025

2025

2. Assessing coralligenous habitats in an Aegean MPA (Eastern Mediterranean)

Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Akyüz O. U., Okudan E. Ş., Dalyan C., Gönülal O., Saraçoğlu C., et al.

58th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 2025) , Bodo, Norway, 6 - 09 July 2025, pp.58-59, (Summary Text)

2025

2025

3. Exploring Mesophotic Marine Communities in the Sea of Marmara

Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Saraçoğlu C., Topaloğlu B., Hisli O., Barraud T., Öztürk B.

58th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS 2025) , Bodo, Norway, 6 - 09 July 2025, pp.96, (Summary Text)

2022

2022

6. STRUCTURE OF CORALLIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF AYVALIK ISLANDS NATURE PARK

Akyüz O. U., Barraud T., TOPALOĞLU B., OKUDAN E. Ş., Saraçoğlu C., DALYAN C., et al.

4th Mediterranean Symposium on the conservation of Coralligenous & other Calcareous Bio-Concretions, Cenova, Italy, 20 - 21 September 2022, (Full Text)

2022

2022

7. Sharp Decrease of Alcyonarian Assemblages Following a Severe Mucilage Event in Northeastern Sea of Marmara

Saraçoğlu C., Barraud T., Akyüz O. U., Değirmen B., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

4th Mediterranean Symposium on the conservation of Coralligenous & other Calcareous Bio-Concretions, Italy, 20 September 2022, (Full Text)

2022

2022

8. Soft Coral and Gorgonian Assemblages Exempted of Thermal Stress but Threatened by High Anthropogenic Pressures in the Sea of Marmara

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., Güreşen S. O., YILMAZ İ. N., Doğan O., Saraçoğlu C., Steinum T., et al.

4th Mediterranean Symposium on the conservation of Coralligenous & other Calcareous Bio-Concretions, Cenova, Italy, 20 - 21 September 2022, (Full Text)

2022

2022

9. Ecological Status of Octocorals in the Sea of MArmara: the case of Prince Islands

Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Yılmaz İ. N., Barraud T., Doğan O., Saraçoğlu C.

Marmara Denizi 2022 Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 8 - 09 January 2022, pp.393-399, (Full Text)

2019

2019

11. The bacterial microbiota of octocorals living in the Sea of Marmara

Karataş Steınum S., Turgay E., Yardımcı R. E., Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Steınum T. M.

19th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish, Porto, Portugal, 9 - 12 September 2019, pp.253, (Summary Text)

2019

2019

12. Transplantation of yellow gorgonian fragments from a highly disturbed area

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., YILMAZ İ. N., ÖZTÜRK B.

the 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on the conservation of Coralligenous & other Calcareous Bio-Concretions, Antalya, Turkey, 15 - 16 January 2019, pp.121-122, (Full Text)

2017

2017

13. Ayvalık Adaları Gorgon Topluluklarının Demografik Yapıları

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., GÜREŞEN S. O., ÖZTÜRK B.

19. Ulusal Su Ürünleri Sempozyumu, Sinop, Turkey, 12 - 15 September 2017, pp.19, (Summary Text)

2017

2017

14. Ayvalık Adaları Gorgon (Cnidaria: Holaxonia)Türlerinin Demografik Yapıları

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., GÜREŞEN S. O., ÖZTÜRK B.

19. ULUSAL SU ÜRÜNLERİ SEMPOZYUMU, Sinop, Turkey, 12 - 15 September 2017, pp.19, (Summary Text)

2017

2017

15. Akdeniz Derin Deniz Mercanları ve Türkiye Denizlerindeki Durumu

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., ÖZTÜRK B.

1. Türkiye Derin Deniz Ekosistemi Çalıştayı, Çanakkale, Turkey, 19 June 2017, pp.139-152, (Full Text)

2017

2017

16. Gorgonians As Indicators of Mass Mortality: the Case of Spinimuricea klavereni in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey)

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

AQUACULTURE AMERICA 2017, San Antonio, United States Of America, 19 - 22 February 2017, pp.45880, (Summary Text)

2016

2016

18. EUNIS HABITAT CLASSIFICATION OF A POTENTIAL MPA, SILE -TURKEY (WESTERN BLACK SEA)

TOPALOĞLU B., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., Tezcan D., ÖZTÜRK B.

41St CIESM Congress, Kiel, Germany, 12 - 16 September 2016, vol.41, pp.451, (Full Text)

2016

2016

19. SCALING UP THE USE OF LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL: A MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIENCE

Azurro E., LEK T., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

41St CIESM Congress, Kiel, Germany, 12 - 16 September 2016, vol.41, pp.556, (Full Text)

2016

2016

21. FİNİKE DENİZALTI DAĞLARI ÖZEL ÇEVRE KORUMA BÖLGESİ ÜZERİNE BAZI DEĞERLENDİRMELER

ÖZTÜRK B., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

Uluslararası Akdeniz'de Çevresel Güvenlik Konferansı, Gazimagusa, Turkey, 3 February - 04 April 2016, pp.351-357, (Full Text) Sustainable Development

2014

2014

23. Prens Adaları’nda (Marmara Denizi) Gorgonların Baskın Olduğu Koralijenli Topluluklar ve Akdeniz’den Farkları

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., ÖZTÜRK B.

17. Sualtı Bilim ve Teknoloji Toplantısı Bildiri Kitabı, İstanbul, Turkey, 14 - 16 November 2014, pp.99-111, (Full Text)

2014

2014

24. Suspension Feeder - Dominated Coralligenous Communities in the Lower Saline Layer of the Marmara Sea: Major Octocoral Assemblages

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., ÖZTÜRK B.

2nd Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of Coralligenous and other Calcareous Bio-Concretions, Portoroz, Slovenia, 29 - 30 October 2014, pp.237-239, (Summary Text)

2013

2013

27. CoCONET Projesi Nedir?

ÖZTÜRK B., AKTAN TURAN Y., İŞİNİBİLİR OKYAR M., Keskin Ç., TOPALOĞLU B., Amaha Öztürk A., et al.

17. Su Ürünleri Sempozyumu, İstanbul, Turkey, 3 - 06 September 2013, pp.233, (Full Text)

2013

2013

28. Eunicella cavolinii: polymorphisme moléculaire et histoire démographique

Malfant M., Dabat Pivotto I., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., Aurelle D.

Congrès du Petit Pois Déridé, Marseille, France, 27 - 30 August 2013, pp.49, (Full Text)

2012

2012

29. SPAMI Proposals For Finike (Anaximander) and Mediterranean (Eratosthenes) Seamounts in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

ÖZTÜRK B., TOPÇU N. E., KESKİN Ç.

The 2012 Forum of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean, Antalya, Turkey, 25 - 28 November 2012, pp.1-2, (Full Text)

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30. Pierre Belon’a Göre Marmara Denizi’nde Balıkçılık. Mediterranean Sea.

ÖZTÜRK B., TOPÇU N. E.

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences-Balıkçılık ve Akuatik Bilimler, Turkey, pp.49, (Full Text)

2011

2011

31. Coastal Litter Pollution along Sandy Beaches of Turkish Western Black Sea Coast

TOPÇU N. E., TONAY M. A., DEDE A., AMAHA ÖZTÜRK A., ÖZTÜRK B.

3rd Bi-annual BS Scientific Conference and UP-GRADE BS-SCENE Project Joint Conference, Odessa, Ukraine, 1 - 04 November 2011, no.3, pp.78, (Full Text) Sustainable Development

2010

2010

33. A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON TWO SEAMOUNTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

ÖZTÜRK B., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., TOPALOĞLU B.

39. CIESM Kongresi, Venice, Italy, 10 - 14 May 2010, no.39, pp.620, (Full Text)

2010

2010

34. A preliminary study on two seamounts in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

ÖZTÜRK B., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., TOPALOĞLU B.

39th CIESM Congress, Venice, Italy, 10 - 14 May 2010, vol.39, pp.682, (Full Text)

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35. A preliminary study on marine litter in the Aegean Sea

TOPÇU N. E., TONAY M. A., ÖZTÜRK B.

Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit, Italy, no.39, pp.804, (Full Text)

Books

2024

2024

1. PRINCE ISLANDS IN THE SEA OF MARMARA: SAFE HAVEN OR WAR ZONE FOR OCTOCORALS?

Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Saraçoğlu C., Yılmaz N., Öztürk B.

in: ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE SEA OF MARMARA, Melek Isinibilir,Ahmet Kıdeyş,Alenka Malej, Editor, Istanbul University Press, İstanbul, pp.743-766, 2024

2024

2024

2. Changes in the Zooplankton of the Eastern Sea of Marmara

İŞİNİBİLİR OKYAR M., SVETLICHNY L., TÜRKERİ KÖSEMEN E. E., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., KIDEYŞ A. E.

in: Ecological Changes in The Sea of Marmara, İŞİNİBİLİR OKYAR MELEK, KIDEYŞ AHMET ERKAN, Malej Alenka, Editor, İÜ Press, İstanbul, pp.543-572, 2024

2023

2023

3. Marmara Denizi’nde Oluşan Yoğun Müsilajın Yumuşak Mercan ve Gorgonlar Üzerindeki Etkisi

Topçu Eryalçın N. E., Saraçoğlu C., Öztürk B.

in: Marmara Denizi'nin Müsilaj Sorunu, Meriç Albay, Editor, Istanbul University, İstanbul, pp.181-195, 2023

2023

2023

4. THE IMPACT OF MUCILAGE ON SOFT CORALS AND GORGONIANS IN THE SEA OF MARMARA

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., SARAÇOĞLU C., ÖZTÜRK B.

in: Mucilage Problem in the Sea of Marmara, Albay Meriç, Editor, Istanbul University Press, pp.177-191, 2023

2016

2016

5. ANTHOZOANS OF THE SEA OF MARMARA

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E., Özalp H. B.

in: THE SEA OF MARMARA MARINE BIODIVERSITY FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND GOVERNANCE, Özsoy, E., Çağatay, M.N., Balkıs, N., Balkıs, N., Öztürk, B., Editor, Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı, İstanbul, pp.428-448, 2016 Sustainable Development

2015

2015

6. Anthozoans of the Aegean Sea

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

in: The Aegean Sea; Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries, Conservation and Governance, Tuncer Katagan, Adnan Tokaç, Sükrü Besiktepe, Bayram Öztürk, Editor, Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.200-205, 2015 Sustainable Development

Funded Projects

2023 - Present

2023 - Present

Gökçeada Koralijen Komünitelerinin Ekolojik Yapısı

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

TOPALOĞLU B. (Executive), OKUDAN E. Ş., İŞİNİBİLİR OKYAR M., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

2021 - 2023

2021 - 2023

Project Supported by Other Official Institutions

Öztürk B. (Executive), İşinibilir Okyar M., Aktan Turan Y., Yıldız M., Keskin A. Ç., Gönülal O., et al.

2019 - 2023

2019 - 2023

Prens Adaları bölgesinde zarar görmüş Sarı deniz dalı populasyonunun restorasyonu

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive), DALYAN C.

2019 - 2021

2019 - 2021

Sarı Deniz Dalının (Eunicella cavolini) Balıkçı Adası populasyonunun genetik yapılanmasıSustainable Development

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive), BALCIOĞLU E., LEGAY D., SARI S.

2018 - 2019

2018 - 2019

Prens Adaları Bölgesindeki toplu ölüm olayı sonrasında yumuşak mercanların durumlarının belirlenmesi

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive)

2017 - 2017

2017 - 2017

Ayvalık Adaları Gorgon (Cnidaria: Holaxonia) Türlerinin Demografik Yapıları

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive), ÖZTÜRK B., GÜREŞEN S. O.

2017 - 2017

2017 - 2017

GORGONIANS AS INDICATORS OF MASS MORTALITY: THE CASE OF Spinimuricea klavereni IN THE SEA OF MARMARA (TURKEY)

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive)

2016 - 2017

2016 - 2017

Ayvalık Bölgesinde gorgonlar üzerindeki epibiosis oranının belirlenmesi

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive), ÖZTÜRK B., GÜREŞEN S. O.

2016 - 2017

2016 - 2017

Kuzey Ege Denizindeki gorgon türlerinin belirlenmesi ve dağılımlarıSustainable Development

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Other

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E. (Executive), ÖZTÜRK B., GÖNÜLAL O., GÜREŞEN S. O., DALYAN C.

2014 - 2016

2014 - 2016

Datça Yarımadası Hidrozoa Faunası

Project Supported by Higher Education Institutions , BAP Research Project

YILMAZ İ. N. (Executive), İŞİNİBİLİR OKYAR M., TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

2013 - 2016

2013 - 2016

Tropical Signals Program

Other International Funding Programs

TOPÇU ERYALÇIN N. E.

2012 - 2015

2012 - 2015

Marmara Denizi ve Boğazlarda Bentik Omurgasız Çeşitliliği ve Kommunite Yapıları

TUBITAK Project , 1001 - Program for Supporting Scientific and Technological Research Projects

Topaloğlu B., Öztürk B., Çınar M. E.(Executive)

Peer Reviews in Scientific Publications

January 2019

January 2019

Marine Pollution Bulletin

SCI Journal

May 2018

May 2018

PLOS ONE

SCI Journal

April 2018

April 2018

Marine Pollution Bulletin

SCI Journal

October 2017

October 2017

Mediterranean Marine Science

SCI Journal

July 2017

July 2017

Marine Pollution Bulletin

SCI Journal

May 2017

May 2017

Turkish Journal of Zoology

SCI Journal

January 2017

January 2017

Marine Pollution Bulletin

SCI Journal

July 2015

July 2015

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

SCI Journal

Awards

September 2022

September 2022

EN İYİ POSTER ÖDÜLÜ

Unep/Map-Spa/Rac

January 2022

January 2022

Marmara Denizi Araştırmaları Ödülü

Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı

September 2014

September 2014

En iyi 3. poster ödülü

RAC / SPA



Citations

Total Citations (WOS): 681

h-index (WOS): 10