SESAME European Project Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem change ÜMİT ÜNLÜATA Research Cruises Program http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/sesame/ 10 research ships from 8 Mediterranean and Black Seas countries have participated in the ÜNLÜATA cruises of the SESAME European Project. Prof. Ünlüata was a member of the Advisory Board of the SESAÖME project while he was Head of the Ocean Science Section of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, (IOC). Upon his loss on 12 August 2006 at an early stage of the project, part of the international collaborative cruises http://www.sesame-ip.eu/scientist/executive-bodies performed under the SESAME project were named after him, to commemorate his contributions to Mediterranean and Black Seas science. This is also an honour for Institute of Marine Sciences of METU, which he has lead as a director for many years, and where he has made his main contributions. Ünlüata Cruises - project and cruise information, cruise track and diaries: http://www.ims.metu.edu.tr/sesame/ SESAME European Project (2007-2010) ÜNLÜATA CRUISES web information www.sesame-ip.eu Ünlüata Cruises: The Italian Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=1 http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=2 http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=3 Ünlüata Cruises: SESAME Emed1 - The Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=4 Ünlüata Cruises: SESAME SBs 1 - The Turkish Black Sea Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=9 Ünlüata Cruises: The Greek Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=5 http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=6 Ünlüata Cruises: The Romanian Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=7 Ünlüata Cruises: The Spanish Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=8 Ünlüata Cruises: The Russian Cruise http://www.sesame-ip.eu/public/educ_cruise.php?cruise=10 Ünlüata Cruises: The Russian Cruise web page missing