The zooplankton of some mountain lakes in the Taurus Range (Turkey)

Abstract

The zooplankton of 16 mountain lakes in the Taurus Range was studied during 1996 and 1997, and a total of 116 zooplankton taxa, comprising 69 rotifers, 33 cladocerans, 12 copepods, one anostracan, and one chonchostracan was identified. Four rotifers (Brachionus polyacanthus, Asplanchnopus hyalinus, Lecane haliclysta, Dissotrocha aculeata medio-aculeata) and one copepod (Arctodiaptomus (Rh.) alpinus) are new for Turkish inland waters, and they are illustrated.Kurzfassung. Zwischen 1996 und 1997 wurde das Zooplankton von 16 Gebirgsseen des Taurusgebirges untersucht, und es wurden insgesamt 116 Taxa identifiziert: 69 Rotifera, 33 Cladocera, 12 Copepoda, eine Anostraca und eine Chonchostraca. Vier Rotiferen (Brachionus polyacanthus, Asplanchnopus hyalinus, Lecane haliclysta, Dissotrocha aculeata medio-aculeata) und eine Copepode (Arctodiaptomus (Rh.) alpinus) sind neu für die Türkei und werden hier abgebildet.

A new record of <i>Lynceus brachyurus</i> Müller, 1776 (Laevicaudata: Lynceidae) from the Shiretoko Peninsula, Northeast Japan

“…These shrimps have a smooth, bivalved carapace, a large shield-like head with a rostrum, and a tiny telson, as denoted in the name of the first described species Lynceus brachyurus Müller, 1776. This species is widespread in the Holarctic region and has previously been reported in several countries, including Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Norway, Pakistan (high altitude), Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey (high altitude), Ukraine, and the USA (Lundblad 1920, Daday 1927, Kaisila et al 1963, Straskraba 1965, Martin & Belk 1988, Rabet et al 2005, Ustaoğlu et al 2005, Sidorovsky et al 2014, Rogers & Olesen 2016. In the Japanese archipelago, only Lynceus biformis (Ishikawa, 1895) has previously been recorded and is found in rice paddy fields on the main island Honshu (Ferrari & Grygier 2011).…”

Distribution of rotifers of high mountain lakes in the Eastern Black Sea Range of Turkey

“…In regard to the studies of high mountain lakes in Turkey, 69 taxa of rotifers were reported among the zooplankton of 16 mountain lakes in the Taurus mountain range, the elevation of which ranges from 1500 to 2660 m (Ustaoğlu et al, 2005). Among them, the taxa Brachionus quadridentatus, Keratella cochlearis, K. tecta, K. quadrata, Notholca squamula, Euchlanis dilatata, E. incisa, Mytilina ventralis, M. ventralis brevispina, Trichotria tetractis, Colurella uncinata, Lepadella patella, L. patella Thirty taxa of rotifers were reported in the zooplankton of Lake Eğrigöl at 2000 m in the Middle Taurus Range (Aygen et al, 2009 When the studies on alpine and subalpine lakes at different locations around the world are reviewed, it is observed that Keratella quadrata, Polyarthra dolichoptera, and Brachionus angularis were mentioned in a study of the alpine lakes of Portugal (Boavida and Gliwicz, 1996); Hexarthra bulgarica, Keratella quadrata, Filinia maior, Polyarthra sp., and Ascomorpha sp.…”

“…Among these, a pioneering study by Ustaoğlu et al (2005) investigated the zooplankton fauna of some mountain lakes in the Taurus range; a second study by Ustaoğlu et al (2008) investigated the limnology and fauna of glacial lakes and streams on Mount Uludağ in western Anatolia. Aygen et al (2009) investigated zooplankton composition and abundance in Lake Eğrigöl in the Taurus Mountains.…”

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“…Ustaoğlu (2004) listed 229 rotifer species found out in former studies. In the following years, a number of investigations were carried out (Akbulut and Yıldız, 2005;Akbulut and Kaya, 2007;Altındağ and Yiğit, 2004;Altındağ et al, 2005;Altındağ et al, 2009a;Altındağ et al, 2009b;Aygen et al, 2009;Balık et al, 2006;Bekleyen and Taş, 2008;Bekleyen and İpek, 2010;Bozkurt, 2004a;Bozkurt, 2004b;Bozkurt, 2006;Buyurgan et al, 2010;Emir, 1996;Erdoğan and Güher, 2005;Kaya and Altındağ, 2007a;Kaya and Altındağ, 2007b;Kaya et al, 2007c;Kaya et al, 2008;Kaya and Altındağ, 2009;Kaya et al, 2009a;Kaya et al, 2009b;Kaya and Altındağ, 2010;Ölmez Aydın and Altındağ, 2004;Saygı (Başbuğ) and Saler, 2009;Saler and Şen, 2010;Saler et al, 2010a;Saler et al, 2010b;Saler, 2011;Saler and Haykır, 2011;Tellioğlu and Akman, 2007;Türkmen et al, 2006;Ustaoğlu, 2004;Ustaoğlu et al, 2004;Ustaoğlu et al, 2005;Ustaoğlu et al,...…”