Murat ÖZBEK

Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Su Ürünleri Temel Bilimleri Bölümü, İç Sular Biyolojisi Anabilim Dalı

Research areas: Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Hydrobiology, Animal Biology, Engineering and Technology, Systematic Zoology, Ecology and Pollution, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Technology, Limnology

<p>I am working mainly on the taxonomy of freshwater amphipod species of Türkiye. In addition, I and my colleagues are also working on the ecological features of macrobenthic invertebrates inhabiting Turkish freshwaters. After spending more than 30 years at the faculty, we have a rich invertebrate collection that was sampled from various habitats (from alpine lakes to lowland rivers) of Türkiye in our collection.</p>

Publications

A new amphipod from the depths of the Morca Sinkhole (Anamur, Türkiye): Gammarus morcae n. sp. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae), with notes on cavernicolous amphipods of Türkiye (2026)
A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from the Fakilli Cave, Duezce Tuerkiye: Gammarus kunti sp. nov. (2026)
A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae), Gammarus tumaf sp. nov. from the Goekgoel Cave, Tuerkiye (2026)
Gammarus sezgini sp. nov. (Arthropoda, Amphipoda, Gammaridae), a new amphipod species from the Eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye (2026)
A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae), Gammarus tumaf sp. nov. from the Goekgoel Cave, Tuerkiye (2026)
A new subterranean amphipod species from Western Anatolia (Türkiye): Niphargus hasansarii n. sp. (Amphipoda: Niphargidae) (2026)
Morphometric and reproductive divergence of deep-water shrimps Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) and P. heterocarpus (A. Costa, 1871) along a depth gradient in the eastern Aegean Sea (2026)
Niphargus gokturki , a new species of Niphargidae (Amphipoda) from western Anatolia, Turkey (2026)
Gammarus elifedae n. sp., description of a new amphipod (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) species from Sarpunalınca Cave (Kastamonu, Türkiye), with an updated key for the Turkish freshwater Gammarus species (2026)
Comparative Meat Yield Analysis of Three Commercial Deep-Water Shrimps in the Eastern Aegean Sea (2026)
An addition to the cryptic diversity in Anatolian subterranean fauna: description of Niphargus elvericii sp. nov. (2026)
Morphometric and reproductive divergence of deep-water shrimps Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) and P. heterocarpus (A. Costa, 1871) along a depth gradient in the eastern Aegean Sea (2026)
Gammarus elifedae sp. nov., description of a new amphipod (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) species from Sarpunalınca Cave (Kastamonu, Türkiye), with an updated key for the Turkish freshwater Gammarus species (2026)
TABLE 2 in Morpho-molecular studies suggest a new species from a transboundary river of Turkiye: Gammarus arasensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2025)
TABLE 1 in Morpho-molecular studies suggest a new species from a transboundary river of Turkiye: Gammarus arasensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2025)
Gammarus arasensis Baytaşoğlu, Özbek & Aksu, 2025, sp. nov. (2025)
TABLE 2 in Morpho-molecular studies suggest a new species from a transboundary river of Turkiye: Gammarus arasensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2025)
TABLE 1 in Morpho-molecular studies suggest a new species from a transboundary river of Turkiye: Gammarus arasensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2025)
Morpho-molecular studies suggest a new species from a transboundary river of Turkiye: Gammarus arasensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2025)
Mysid (Malacostraca: Mysida) Diversity of Türkiye (2025)
A BRIEF REVIEW OF STUDIES ON THE AMPHIPOD (MALACOSTRACA: AMPHIPODA) FAUNA OF THE CHIRCHIK BASIN AND ADJACENT AREAS (2025)
Diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a transboundary river basin in the Caucasus region (Aras river, NE Türkiye) (2025)
Gammarus arasensis Baytaşoğlu, Özbek & Aksu, 2025, sp. nov. (2025)
Gammarus sezgini sp. nov. (Arthropoda, Amphipoda, Gammaridae), a new amphipod species from the Eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye (2024)
Gammarus sezgini Baytaşoğlu, Aksu & Özbek, 2024, sp. nov. (2024)
Su Kaynakları Sağlığı (2024)
Gammarus sezgini Baytaşoğlu, Aksu & Özbek, 2024, sp. nov. (2024)
Türkiye İç Sularındaki Biyoçeşitlilik ve Tehditler (2023)
Benthic invertebrates as ecological indicators in the rivers of the Northern Aegean Basin (Türkiye) (2023)
A new amphipod from the depths of the Morca Sinkhole (Anamur, Türkiye): Gammarus morcae n. sp. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae), with notes on cavernicolous amphipods of Türkiye (2023)
A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae), Gammarus tumaf sp. nov. from the Gökgöl Cave, Türkiye (2023)
A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from the Fakıllı Cave, Düzce Türkiye: Gammarus kunti sp. nov. (2023)
Determination of the ecological status of an Aegean river (Türkiye) using benthic macroinvertebrates as an indicator of water quality (2023)
TÜRKİYE İÇ SULARINDAKİ BİYOÇEŞİTLİLİĞİ TEHDİT EDEN ANA UNSURLAR (2023)
Benthic invertebrates as ecological indicators in the rivers of the Northern Aegean Basin (Türkiye) (2023)
Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates as an indicator of water quality and ecological status of an Aegean river (Türkiye) (2023)
An updated and annotated checklist of the Malacostraca (Crustacea) species inhabited Turkish inland waters (2022)
Freshwater Amphipod Species of Western Anatolia, Marmara and Turkish Thrace Regions (2022)
KULA ASLİYE CEZA MAHKEMESİ BİLİRKİŞİ RAPORU (2021)
Determination of benthic macro-invertebrate fauna of Bakırçay River with some physico-chemical parameters (2021)
Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates and water quality of Karasu Stream (Black Sea) (2021)
Invasive freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in Turkey: New locality record and habitat limnoecology, with an overview of distributional data in the Middle East and Balkans (2020)
A second new Amphipod species from the Peynirlikönü Cave (EGMA Cave): Gammarus egmao sp. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) (2019)
A new Rhipidogammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) species from Turkey: First record of the genus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with an identification key for the genus. (2019)
A new Rhipidogammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) species from Turkey: first record of the genus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with an identification key for the genus (2019)
A Second New Amphipod species from the Peynirlikönü Cave(EGMA Cave): Gammarus egmao sp. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) (2019)
Population structure of Gammarus izmirensis (Amphipoda) inhabiting Yiğitler Brook (Nif Stream, İzmir) (2019)
A new Rhipidogammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) species from Turkey: First record of the genus from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with an identification key for the genus. (2019)
Assessing the Water Quality and Trophic Levels of the Lower Basin of Sakarya River (Turkey) (2018)
Macrobenthic composition in Tatlıca Waterfall (Sinop). (2018)
Some Growth Features of Gammarus Izmirensis Özbek, 2007 (Gammaridae: Amphipoda) In Yigitler Creek (İzmir-Turkey) (2018)
Assessing the Trophic Level of a Mediterranean Stream (Nif Stream, İzmir) Using Benthic Macro-Invertebrates and Environmental Variables (2018)
Another New Amphipod Species from Peynirlikönü Cave (EGMA Sinkhole): Gammarus egmao sp. nov. (2018)
Some Growth Features of Gammarus izmirensis Özbek, 2007 (Gammaridae: Amphipoda) in Yiğitler Creek (İzmir-Turkey). (2018)
Some morphometric features of Plesionika heterocarpus (Decapoda: Pandalidae) in Sığacık Bay, Aegean Sea (2018)
An overview on the distribution of Synurella genus in Turkey (Crustacea:Amphipoda) (2018)
. A study on Karasu Stream (Sinop): Macrobenthic Fauna. (2018)
A New Record of the Invasive Freshwater Jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880) from Turkey, with an Overview for its Distribution in SE Europe and Middle East (2018)
Assessing water quality and trophic levels of Porsuk River (Turkey) (2018)
On the molecular and morphological evolution of continental and insular Cryptorchestia species, with an additional description of C. garbinii (Talitridae) (2018)
A new gammaridean amphipod from the Lake District Region of Turkey: Gammarus deryae sp nov (2018)
An Overview on the Distribution of Synurella Wrzesniowski, 1877 genus in Turkey (Amphipoda) (2018)
Freshwater and brackish amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Turkish thrace region (Including Çanakkale Province) (2017)
Assessing Trophic Level of the Nif Stream (İzmir) Using Macro-Invertebrate Composition and Distribution (2017)
Mutation spectrum of GCK, HNF1A and HNF1B in MODY patients and 40 novel mutations (2017)
A Preliminary Study on Freshwater Amphipods (Crustacea) of Kütahya Province (2017)
Sığacık Körfezi'ndeki (Ege Denizi) Plesionika heterocarpus'un (Decapoda: Pandalidae) Bazı Morfometrik Özellikleri (2017)
Karasu Çayı (Sinop)'nda dağılım gösteren Ostracoda türleri (2017)
First record of Spongilla lacustris (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Eastern Black Sea (Uzungöl Lake, Trabzon) (2017)
Amphipoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) fauna of the inland-waters of Gökçeada Island (2017)
Macrobenthic fauna and seasonal changes in Lagoon Karina Söke Aydın Turkey (2016)
Macrobenthic Invertebrate Fauna of Karasu Stream SİNOP (2016)
Macrobenthic Invertebrate Fauna of Karasu Stream Sinop Turkey (2016)
Epigean amphipod fauna of Gonen Stream (western Anatolia, Turkey), with the description of Gammarus gonensis sp nov. (2016)
Benthic macroinvertebrate of Adıgüzel Reservoir Denizli Turkey (2016)
First records of two formerly overlooked Ponto-Caspian amphipods from Turkey: Echinogammarus trichiatus (Martynov, 1932) and Dikerogammarus villosus (Sovinsky, 1894) (2016)
Karine Lagünü (Aydın)’nün Malacostraca faunası (2016)
Gammaridae (Amphipoda) fauna of the inland-waters of Marmara and Paşalimanı islands and Kapıdağ Peninsula (2015)
Gönen Çayı (Balıkesir) Lotik ve Lentik Biyotoplarının Su Kalitesi (2015)
Karasu Çayı’nda Dağılım Gösteren Mollusca Türleri (2015)
Kuzey Ege Havzası Mollusca Faunasının Dağılımına Katkılar (2015)
MARMARA VE PAŞALİMANI ADALARI İLE KAPIDAĞ YARIMADASI İÇSULARININ GAMMARIDAE AMPHIPODA FAUNASI (2015)
Gönen Çayı Balıkesir Lotik ve Lentik Biyotoplarının Su Kalitesi (2015)
Kuzey Ege Havzası Malacostraca Faunasının Dağılımına Katkılar (2015)
Kuzey Ege Havzası Hirudinea Faunasının Dağılımı (2015)
Gönen Çayı nın Balıkesir Lotik ve Lentik Biyotoplarının Su Kalitesi (2015)
Morphometrical features of the lakes on Kaçkar and Soğanlı Mountains Turkey (2015)
Assessment of a Shallow Montane Lentic Ecosystem (Lake Golcuk, Izmir, Turkey) Using Benthic Community Diversity (2015)
Karasu Çayı’nda (Sinop) Dağılım Gösteren Amphipod Türleri (2014)
Kapıdağ Marmara Yarımadasında Dağılım Gösteren Amphipoda (Crustacea) Faunası (2014)
Stygobromus lepida (Mateus & Mateus 1990)'nın Dağılım, Ekoloji ve Morfolojisine Katkılar (2014)
Kaçkar ve Soğanlı Dağları Göllerinin (Rize) Morfometrik Özellikleri (2014)
Marmara Adası ve Kapıdağ Yarımadası İçsularında Dağılım Gösteren Amphipod Türleri (2014)
Kaçkar ve Soğanlı Dağları Göllerinin Morfometrik Özellikleri (2014)
Kaçkar ve Soğanlı Dağları Göllerinin Morfometrik Özellikleri (2014)
Gammarus komareki aznavensis subsp nov., a new amphipod subspecies from Iran (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) (2014)
Epigean Amphipod Fauna of Gönen River (Western Anatolia, Turkey) (2013)
Denizli İli nin Biyoçeşitliliğine Ege Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi İçsular Biyolojisi Anabilim Dalı nın Katkıları (2013)
Some morphometric features of Palaemonetes antennarius (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) (2013)
Türkiye İçsularının Biyolojik Çeşitliliği (2013)