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Composition and Abundance of Zooplankton in a Natural Aquarium, Lake Balikligol (Sanliurfa, Turkey) and New Records

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dc.creator BEKLEYEN, AYSEL
dc.creator Ipek, Erdogan
dc.date 2010-01-01T01:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-03T11:15:24Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-03T11:15:24Z
dc.identifier 13d51949-0b0d-4fa5-80be-4b83ef1d847f
dc.identifier 10.3923/javaa.2010.681.687
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/13d51949-0b0d-4fa5-80be-4b83ef1d847f/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/90059
dc.description Balikligol Lake also known as the holy Halil-ur Rahman Lake is an important tourism centre in Turkey. Since its waters and fish are considered to be holy, the shallow lake has a dense fish population and can be considered a unique natural aquarium. In this natural aquarium, seasonal changes in the zooplankton community structure were evaluated in terms of species composition and abundance for the first time and a total of 34 taxa were identified, 29 of them belonging to Rotifera, 3 Cladocera and 2 Copepoda. Two of these rotifers Lecane thienemanni (Hauer, 1938) and Notommata glyfura Wulfert, 1 935 are new records for Turkey. In addition, L. thienemanni is new for Western Asia. The species richness was high in summer. Total abundance ranged from 941-23.312 ind. m(-3), exhibiting a major peak in early spring and a minor one in early autumn. In terms of density, Rotifera dominated with 63%, followed by Copepoda with 33% and Cladocera with 4%. Predation pressure from fish, high temperatures and low oxygen values had significant impacts on zooplankton composition and abundance, especially for the crustacean community.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Composition and Abundance of Zooplankton in a Natural Aquarium, Lake Balikligol (Sanliurfa, Turkey) and New Records
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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