Biographical notes: Arzu Aydın Uncumusaoğlu is an Associate Professor of Engineering Faculty at Giresun University, Giresun, Turkey. She received her BSc, MSc and PhD at Faculty of Fisheries at Ege University in 1999, 2002 and 2007, respectively. She has published many papers at various national and international journals and conferences. She is also a member of many journals and associations. Her current research focuses on water quality and pollution, sediment quality and pollution, hydrobiology, zooplankton, Hyperiidea, heavy metals, bioaccumulation, biomagnification, biological indices, statistical ecosystem evaluation, ecological ındices, biological ındices, statistical techniques and microplastics.