Preparation of distribution map of sea meadows in Kaplankaya Region, Gulluk Bay

Seagrass species are plants that diffirantiate as leaves and rhizomes. They attached to the sea bottom (sediment) with those rhisomes. They have a worldwide distribution. The aim of this project is to map the seagrass population in Gulluk Bay, Kaplankaya region by GIS and to calculate the coverage percentage in the same area. The field trip studies were accried out between April and November 2015. The resion of the region designated as study are is the existence of Posidonia oceanica meadows. According to this attribute, there had been 15 station chosen and the P. oceanica meadows in those area were mapped. The data we obtained analysed by GIS. Digitisation and data convertion, graphical and attributal data and the GIS analysis of those data were presented.