Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey)
In this study, water quality parameters and zooplankton fauna were investigated from 14 different water wells in Yayladağı District of Hatay Province. The study was conducted seasonally between October 2015 and July 2016. A total of 51 species were identified, including 30 species of rotifers, 9 spe...
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ftdergipark2ojs:oai:dergipark.org.tr:article/658126 2023-05-15T18:49:43+02:00 Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) BOZKURT, Ahmet BOZÇA, Mustafa 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z application/pdf https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tbtkzoology/issue/50579/658126 en eng TÜBİTAK TUBITAK https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/881580 https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tbtkzoology/issue/50579/658126 Volume: 43, Issue: 4 356-366 1300-0179 1303-6114 Turkish Journal of Zoology Rotifera,Cladocera,Copepoda,water well info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftdergipark2ojs 2020-08-27T17:50:10Z In this study, water quality parameters and zooplankton fauna were investigated from 14 different water wells in Yayladağı District of Hatay Province. The study was conducted seasonally between October 2015 and July 2016. A total of 51 species were identified, including 30 species of rotifers, 9 species of cladocerans, and 12 species of copepods. The most abundant species, Keratella cochlearis, Bosmina longirostris, and Tropocyclops prasinus, were found in 11, 13, and 12 wells, respectively. However, species such as Cephalodella catellina, Cephalodella ventripes, Filinia longiseta, Lecane lunaris, L. pumila, Lophocharis salpina, Mytilina unguipes, Platyias quadricornis, Trichocerca tigris, Ceriodaphnia pulchella, Diaphanosoma birgei, Alona guttata, Leydigia acanthocercoides, Simocephalus vetulus, Cyclops vicinus, Bryocamptus zschokkei, Diacyclops bicuspidatus, Canthocamptus microstaphylinus, and Nitocra hibernica were each observed in only one well. The highest abundance of species was found in Well 1 with 22 species, followed by Well 14 with 19 species and Well 4 with 18 species. Only 4 species were found in Well 10. At the end of this study, the most abundant species, Synchaeta stylata, Keratella quadrata, Bosmina longirostris, Tropocyclops prasinus, and Eudiaptomus drieschi, were observed in Wells 1-3, 1, 4, 3-10, and 1-4, respectively. The monogonont rotifer Lecane pumila, collected from Well 4 (Yayladağı, Hatay), was reported for the first time from Turkish inland waters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Copepods Rotifer DergiPark Akademik (E-Journals) |
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In this study, water quality parameters and zooplankton fauna were investigated from 14 different water wells in Yayladağı District of Hatay Province. The study was conducted seasonally between October 2015 and July 2016. A total of 51 species were identified, including 30 species of rotifers, 9 species of cladocerans, and 12 species of copepods. The most abundant species, Keratella cochlearis, Bosmina longirostris, and Tropocyclops prasinus, were found in 11, 13, and 12 wells, respectively. However, species such as Cephalodella catellina, Cephalodella ventripes, Filinia longiseta, Lecane lunaris, L. pumila, Lophocharis salpina, Mytilina unguipes, Platyias quadricornis, Trichocerca tigris, Ceriodaphnia pulchella, Diaphanosoma birgei, Alona guttata, Leydigia acanthocercoides, Simocephalus vetulus, Cyclops vicinus, Bryocamptus zschokkei, Diacyclops bicuspidatus, Canthocamptus microstaphylinus, and Nitocra hibernica were each observed in only one well. The highest abundance of species was found in Well 1 with 22 species, followed by Well 14 with 19 species and Well 4 with 18 species. Only 4 species were found in Well 10. At the end of this study, the most abundant species, Synchaeta stylata, Keratella quadrata, Bosmina longirostris, Tropocyclops prasinus, and Eudiaptomus drieschi, were observed in Wells 1-3, 1, 4, 3-10, and 1-4, respectively. The monogonont rotifer Lecane pumila, collected from Well 4 (Yayladağı, Hatay), was reported for the first time from Turkish inland waters. |
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Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) |
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Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) |
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Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) |
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Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) |
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Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Yayladağı District (Hatay, Turkey) |
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investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of yayladağı district (hatay, turkey) |
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Volume: 43, Issue: 4 356-366 1300-0179 1303-6114 Turkish Journal of Zoology |
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