PREMINARY STUDY ON THE ECOLOGICAL QUALITY OF OREN AREA IN GOKOVA BAY, THE SOUTHEASTERN AEGEAN SEA
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2019
Yazarlar: Ertan DAĞLI
FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2019, cilt 28, ss 1852-1862
Özet
This study is on the zoobenthic community structures and benthic quality status of a marine protection area in Gokova Bay (the southeastern Aegean Sea). Samples were taken from sand and sandy mud bottoms by means of a van Veen grab at the depths between 5 and 45 m of 7 different stations on 8.11.2014 and 09.11.2014. A total of 67 species belonging to 8 systematic groups were identified in the area, among these, 3 species are new records for the Turkish coasts and 3 species for the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. 3 of 67 species reported were exotic. Group, Polychaeta was the most dominant in the area contributed 70.1% of the total fauna. The most dominant and frequent species was Cirrophorus branchiatus in the study area. Community variables varied significantly among sampling sites; number of species ranged from 4 to 27 per 0.1 m(2), density from 90 to 780 ind. m(-2), Shannon-Wiener diversity index varied from 1.66 to 4.27. The biotic index values for 7 stations were between 3,00 and 4.52 for Bentix, 1.83 and 2.63 for Ambi, 2.44 and 3.5 for Medocc, and 2.20 and 4.08 for Tubi.