Adding Kuyumcu paper

src/data/papers-citing-parcels.ts

@@ -3235,4 +3235,13 @@ export const papersCitingParcels: Paper[] = [
     abstract:
       'The Sea of Marmara is undergoing a severe marine pollution crisis driven by chronic nutrient enrichment and recurrent mucilage outbreaks. The physical mechanisms controlling transport, accumulation and persistence of pollutants and organic matter remain insufficiently resolved. Here, we quantify how three-dimensional (3D) circulation regulates dispersal and retention in this strongly stratified, semi-enclosed basin. A high-resolution Lagrangian particle-tracking framework forced by the Coastal and Regional Ocean COmmunity model (CROCO) resolves transport pathways and transit times, with particles as proxies for nutrients and suspended organic matter. Comparing ensembles of two-dimensional (2D) and 3D simulations shows that vertical processes, including shear dispersion and episodic subduction, substantially modify particle pathways and delay horizontal transport. In stratified sub-basins, 3D dynamics extend transit times by up to 100 days relative to 2D estimates, so neglecting vertical exchange systematically underestimates how long material is retained. A persistent retention hotspot emerges in the southwestern basin, where mean transit times exceed 250 days. Such conditions favour the prolonged accumulation of suspended organic material, although mucilage formation additionally involves biological and biogeochemical processes that passive particles do not represent. Lagrangian probability density functions show that dispersal converges on persistent retention areas that recur across release years and release regions, while the rate of accumulation varies between years. These results establish a mechanistic link between 3D circulation and the spatial organization of pollution retention, with implications for monitoring design and mitigation in the Sea of Marmara and analogous stratified semi-enclosed seas.',
   },
+  {
+    title:
+      'Mesoscale dynamics determine the residence time variability in the Cilician Basin',
+    published_info: 'Continental Shelf Research, in press',
+    authors: 'Kuyumcu, B, E Akoglu, K Ozkan, K Ozhan (2026)',
+    doi: 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2026.105806',
+    abstract:
+      'Hydrodynamic processes play a pivotal role in coastal basins by governing water mass formation and material transport from the coast to open sea. Although the Mediterranean Sea is oligotrophic, regions such as the Cilician Basin, one of the major coastal basins in the northeastern Levantine Sea, suffer from eutrophication due to significant riverine and groundwater nutrient inputs. Water mass formation and the hydrodynamic structure of the wider basin modulate the effects of these inputs. Consequently, understanding the hydrodynamic structure of the basin is critical for managing eutrophication and other anthropogenic stressors. Here, we provide the first basin-scale quantification of water residence time (RT) for the Cilician Basin. We employed two basin-wide cruises in the dry and wet seasons of 2022, combined with satellite altimetry and a Lagrangian particle-tracking model to delineate the hydrographic structure and water renewal time of the Cilician Basin. The model results indicated a mean water RT of 252 days, with significant vertical variability. The shortest and longest RTs were observed during the wet and dry seasons, respectively. Satellite altimetry analysis revealed that RTs were longer during cyclonic circulation than during anticyclonic circulation of the Latakia Eddy at the southern boundary of the basin, likely due to particle trapping within the eddy cores. Overall, basin hydrography and circulation displayed strong seasonality, with mesoscale eddies regulating the interannual variability. Thus, circulation dynamics are tightly coupled with the hydrographic structure of the basin, driving the spatial and temporal patterns of water renewal.',
+  },
 ]