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2. Analysis and Findings

Sea water and mucilage samples were taken from the Marmara Sea to investigate
the causes of sea snot formation in the Marmara Sea (Figure-1).

Figure 1. Sample Location and sea snot (mucilage) seen in Marmara Ereğlisi
Area of the Marmara Sea in the summer of 2021
The organic matter analyses of the sea water and mucilage samples are
given in Table 1, the physical analyses (Dissolved oxygen, pH and Salinity) are
given in Table 2, and the heavy metal analyses are given in Table 3. S-1 sample
is a seawater sample taken from the mucilage-free part of the sea, where
total carbon (TC= 36,5 ppm), inorganic carbon (IC= 25.8 ppm), total organic
carbon (TOC=10.7 ppm) and total nitrogen (TN=0,32 ppm) were obtained as
indicated (Table 1).

Table 1. The results of the organic matter analysis (Measurements were made 2 times
and the average values were taken M.U.: Measurement uncertainty)

Sample Sample TC M.U. IC M.U. TOC M.U. TN M.U.
No Name (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm)

Marmara
S-1 36.5 ±1.15 25.8 ±1.15
Ereğlisi-1
10.7 ±1.15 0.3 ±0.05
Marmara
S-3 Ereğlisi-3 428 ±1.15 93.8 ±1.15 334.2 ±1.15 17 ±0.05
(Mucilage)
Artificial
mucilage
S-12 (Aleo 866 ±1.15 11 ±1.15 855 ±1.15 17 ±0.05
vera
Liquid)

108 Journal of Environment, Urbanization and Climate