The zooplankton of some mountain lakes in the Taurus Range (Turkey)
Articles > Article · 2005
Authors: M. Ruşen Ustaoğlu, Süleyman Balık, Didem ÖZDEMİR MİS, Cem AYGEN
Zoology in the Middle East, International, Scopus, 2005, vol 34, pp 101-108
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2005.10638089
Summary
The zooplankton of 16 mountain lakes in the Taurus Range was studied during 1996 and 1997, and a total of 116 zooplankton taxa, comprising 69 rotifers, 33 cladocerans, 12 copepods, one anostracan, and one chonchostracan was identified. Four rotifers (Brachionus polyacanthus, Asplanchnopus hyalinus, Lecane haliclysta, Dissotrocha aculeata medio-aculeata) and one copepod (Arctodiaptomus (Rh.) alpinus) are new for Turkish inland waters, and they are illustrated.