Summer distribution and community structure of surface water mesozooplankton from the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2022
Yazarlar: Melek İşinibilir Okyar, Halim Vedat AKER, Ezgi Emiş Türkeri Kösemen
OCEANOLOGICAL AND HYDROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2022, cilt 51, ss 308-324
Özet
<p>Thezooplanktoncommunity structure and its</p><p>relationship with environmental parameters were evaluated</p><p>in the surface waters (0–50 m) of the eastern Mediterranean</p><p>(the Aegean Sea’s coastal waters and the Levanine Sea’s</p><p>coastal and offshore waters), from coastal waters to open</p><p>sea waters, during the summer for two years. A total of 157</p><p>species/groups were registered in the study area. Copepods,</p><p>cladocerans, doliolids, meroplankton and appendicularians</p><p>represented the most important zooplankton groups.</p><p>Five copepod species (Corycaeus [Onychocorycaeus] ovalis,</p><p>Goniopsyllus clausi,</p><p>Oncaea scottodicarloi, Sapphirina</p><p>bicuspidata and Scaphocalanus curtus) have been recorded</p><p>for the first time in Turkish coastal regions; three species</p><p>(Centropages bradyi, Goniopsyllus clausi and Oncaea</p><p>scottodicarloi) had not previously been found in the Aegean</p><p>Sea; and one species (Goniopsyllus clausi) has been added for</p><p>the first time to the eastern Mediterranean fauna. Moreover,</p><p>Pleopis schmackeri was already found to be present in</p><p>both the Aegean Sea and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey</p><p>in August 2006. Dominant species varied from the coastal</p><p>waters to open waters. A small number of species belonging</p><p>to the coastal community (e.g. Penilia avirostris, Pseudevadne</p><p>tergestina, Oithona plumifera, Paracalanus parvus and</p><p>Centropages kroyeri) dominated all coastal areas. In contrast,</p><p>the open water stations were characterised by the presence</p><p>of typically epipelagic species of the Mediterranean Sea (e.g.</p><p>Calocalanus spp., Clausocalanus furcatus, Lucicutia flavicornis,</p><p>Mecynocera clausi, Farranula rostrata, Oncaea scottodicarloi</p><p>and Oncaea mediterranea).</p>