Contribution to the Freshwater Ostracoda Crustacea Fauna of Turkey Distribution and Ecological Notes
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: RASOULI HAMIDREZA, Cem AYGEN, OKAN KÜLKÖYLÜOĞLU
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2014, vol 14, pp 11-20
Summary
<p>In this study, a total of 37 freshwater ostracod species were collected from 47 stations between 31 August 2010 and 23<br /> June 2011. Among them, three species (Eucypris kerkyrensis, Cypridopsis elongata, Bradleystrandesia parva) were new<br /> records for the Ostracoda fauna of Turkey. Bisexual populations of three species (Ilyocypris inermis, Trajancypris serrata and<br /> Psychrodromus olivaceus) were repeatedly occurred from Anatolia.<br /> Spearman Rank Correlation analyses illustrated a significant correlation for the four most abundant species (Condona<br /> neglecta, Heterocypris salina, Eucypris lilljeborgi and Potamocypris villosa) with electrical conductivity while temperature<br /> did not show a significant effect on species occurrence. Five species (Pseudocandona albicans, Ilyocypris gibba, Heterocypris<br /> incongruens, Heterocypris rotundata and Eucypris virens) did not have any significant correlation to those variables used<br /> here, but correlation was significant between Potamocypris villosa and three variables (pH, electrical conductivity and<br /> salinity). According to Environmental Tolerance Index (ETI), most species with high ETI values were widespread species.<br /> Such species with high tolerance and widespread (or cosmopolitan) distribution were named as “cosmoecious species”</p>