Derya Urkmez

Scientist

Marine Biologist

Sinop University

Derya Urkmez works as a research assistant of Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty (Black Sea, Turkey) and she is a PhD student of the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences with studies focusing on benthic ecology.

Derya graduated from Ege University Fisheries Faculty in 2000, completed her MSc in the field of marine biology and ecology. She has interest in meiobenthic organisms, and is specialized particularly on the ecology and taxonomy of free-living marine nematodes in Black Sea.

Expeditions

Derya participated in the following Ocean Exploration Trust expeditions:

2011

Internal Wave Motion of the Southern Black Sea

Selected Publications

2015

Ürkmez, D., Brennan, M., Sezgin, M., Bat, L. (2015). A brief look at the Free-living Nematoda of the oxic/anoxic interface with a new genus record (Trefusia) to the Black Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 44(4): 539-551. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2015-0051

2013

Brennan, M., Davis, D., Roman, C., Buynevich, I., Catsambis, A, Kofahl, M., Merrigan, M., Vaughn, I., Duman, M., Urkmez., D. (2013). Ocean dynamics and anthropogenic impacts along the southern Black Sea shelf examined by the preservation of premodern shipwrecks. Continental Shelf Research 53: 89-101. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S02784343…

Ürkmez, D., Brennan, M. (2013). A new species of Halaphanolaimus (Nematoda: Leptolaimidae) from the southern Black Sea (Turkey) with a modified key for species identification. Zootaxa 3691(2): 220-228. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3691.2.2