ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF ZOOPLANKTON IN THE KÖPRÜÇAY ESTUARY, TURKEY

Abstract

The physicochemical features and species composition and density of zooplankton of Köprüçay estuary inves­tigated monthly sampling from selected 5 stations be­tween January and December, 2009. In this study, Zo­oplankton which are Rotifera (20), Cladocera (6), Co­pepoda (34), and Cnidaria, Tubilariidae, Foraminifera, Tintinida, Cirripedia, Gastropoda, Polychaeta, Chae­tognatha, Decapoda, Ichthyoplankton one of each of determined 70 taxons in Köprüçay River estuarin zone. The dominant taxa in Köprüçay River estuarin zone consist of Oithona nana, Clausocalanus arcui­cornis, Acartia discaudata, Paracalanus parvus, Eu­chlanis dilatata and Cephalodella gibba and these species are eurohalin character types of zooplankton. In Köprüçay River estuarin zone, the highest and the lowest Copepoda density semptember (25627.33 ±8369 ind./m³) and february (3050 ±1701 ind./m³), ; the highest and the lowest Rotifera density january (12152 ±6835 ind./m³⁾  and september (187 ±76 ind./m³); the highest and the lowest Cladocera density august (2687 ±604 ind./m³) and february (0 ±0 ind./m³); the highest and the lowest other organisms february (3226,33 ±586 ind./m³) and may (648 ±178 ind./m³), respectively. This article was prepared from the doctoral thesis.

Keywords

• Köprüçay River,Estuary,Zooplankton

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