@article{article_287796, title={Zooplankton of Boztepe Recai Kutan Dam Lake (Malatya - Turkey)}, journal={Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences}, volume={34}, pages={261–267}, year={2017}, DOI={10.12714/egejfas.2017.34.3.03}, url={https://izlik.org/JA27ZD76SZ}, author={Saler, Serap and Alpaslan, Kenan and Karakaya, Gökhan and Gündüz, Fatih}, keywords={Rotifera,Cladocera,Copepoda,Boztepe Recai Kutan Dam Lake}, abstract={<div style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-right:none;padding:1pt 0cm 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0cm;"> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">Water samples taken from </span> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">Boztepe Dam Lake monthly
between January - December 2014 period were observed in terms of zooplankton.
During the study, a total of 33 zooplankton species, 17 species from Rotifera,
13 species from Cladocera and 3 species from Copepoda were identified. Maximum number of zooplankton has been
recorded in May (271785 individuals/m <sup>3 </sup>). The least the number of
individuals were recorded in February (5090 individuals/m <sup>3 </sup>). The
maximum number of taxa were recorded in October with 17 species and the least
were recorded in february with 5 species. All of the zooplanktonic
species have been detected for the first time in Boztepe Recai Kutan Dam Lake. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0cm;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Based on the total
number of individuals of zooplankton, Rotifera was dominant group in the dam
lake </span> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">(51.5%) </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">followed by Cladocera (39.4 </span> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">% </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">)
and Copepoda (9.1 %). Dominant Rotifera species was <i>Keratella </i> <i>cochlearis </i>
followed by </span> <i> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">K. quadrata </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">. </span> <i> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">Bosmina longirostris </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> was dominant Cladocera species. <i>Cyclops vicinus </i>
was the most observed Copepoda species. Rotifera has showed higher diversity
compared to other groups, reaching also high densities throughout the study
period. </span> <i> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;"> Keratella cochlearis K. quadrata, Bosmina
longirostris </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> are indicators of eutrophic character
and were recorded frequently in high numbers, </span> <span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:’Arial Narrow’, sans-serif;">suggest that the lake may be eutrophic. </span> </p> <p> </p> </div>}, number={3}