Decapod Crustaceans in the Marmara Island (Marmara Sea) and Ecological Characteristics of Their Habitats

Year 2017, Volume 76, Issue 1, 20 - 25, 27.12.2017

Begum AYFER Husamettin BALKİS Aysegul MULAYİM

https://doi.org/10.5152/EurJBiol.2017.1704

Abstract

We have performed series of analyses to identify decapod crustaceans inhabiting the littoral zone of the Marmara Island and to study specific ecological characteristics of the habitat. Samples of decapod crustaceans species were collected from 12 stations (6 onshore, 6 offshore) on May 12-17, 2008 and November 17-22, 2008. A total of 17 species and 1199 specimens of decapod crustaceans were recorded. Eigth species (A. lacazei, N. norvegicus, P. bluteli, P. longimana, P. platycheles, D. pugilator, D. personata and L. vernalis) have been reported in the littoral zone of Marmara Island for the first time in this study. Also our study also sheds light on some ecological properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) of the habitats of the species from the littoral zone of the Marmara Island.

Keywords

Ecology, decapoda, crustacea, Marmara Island, The Sea of Marmara

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