No abstract

No abstract

Tardigrades have been occasionally studied in Turkey since 1973. However, species number and distribution remain poorly known. In this study, distribution of Tardigrades in the province of Karabük, which is located in northern coast (West Black Sea Region) of Turkey, was carried out. Two moss samples were collected from the entrance of the Bulak (Mencilis) Cave. A total of 30 specimens and 14 eggs were extracted. Among the specimens; Echiniscus granulatus (Doyère, 1840) and Diaforobiotus islandicus islandicus (Richters, 1904) are new records for Karabük. Furthermore, this study also provides a current checklist of tardigrade species reported from Turkey, indicating their localities, geographic distribution and taxonomical comments.

Meyil and Kızören sinkholes are large karstic formations located in the Konya plain, Turkey. Seasonal distribution of planktonic community of these two karstic lakes have yet to be studied. In this study, samples were collected from pelagic station in different seasonal periods (March-July-October 2018) and their physico-chemical parameters were determined and evaluated with seasonal species composition. As a result, fifty-two zooplankton species were identified in the two lakes, amongst which are forty six rotifers, five cladocerans and one copepod. Rotifers were founded as the dominant group for both lakes. All species identified as a new record for Meyil and Kızören sinkhole lakes. Furthermore, this study contributes to literature by explaining the first detailed data for zooplankton fauna of sinkhole lakes in Turkey as of the sampling date.

Phylum Tardigrada, which has been quite a little studied both around the world and Turkey, belongs to members of a metazoan. In this study eight moss and lichen samples were collected and investigated from a variety of elevations of the Verçenik Mountain in Rize (Turkey). In total 62 specimens, 11 exivium and 10 eggs of tardigrades were found. Five species were identified, and they belong to genera: Acanthechiniscus, Pseudechiniscus, Macrobiotus, Paramacrobiotus and, Ramazzottius. Three of them are new records for Turkish fauna i.e.