Mucilage, which was observed intensively on the water in the Sea of Marmara in 2007, is due to the excessive increase in the sea of single-celled plant microorganisms called "phytoplankton". In the Marmara Sea these single-celled microorganisms also multiply by taking advantage of the marine pollution caused by domestic and factory wastes and the changing water temperature level due to global climate change.
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