Abstract
The purpose of
 this study is to examine the temperature and salinity variability of the İzmir
 Bay based on available in-situ measurements between 1996 and 2013 in summer.
 The analyses were made for the whole Bay and also for the sub-basins of the İzmir
 Bay namely; inner and outer. The similarities and differences were tried to be
 revealed. The main finding of the study is that there is a strong increase of
 temperature during the last 10 years. After 2003, it is very interesting that
 the temperature increase almost 2°C in all two
 basins. This trend is greater than global warming which is almost 0.5°C.
 Although the salinity has decreasing trend in all the sub-basins, there is an
 anomaly in 2007. The salinity increases in this year. The impact of such
 warming and the anomaly in the salinity on the İzmir Bay needs more
 investigation.
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