Research Article

Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey

Volume: 15 Number: 3 December 15, 2022
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Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey

Abstract

Commonly found in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, Gastropoda members are the class with the highest number of species within the Mollusca. Freshwater Gastropods which are generally listed in primary consumer play a crucial part in aquatic environments by feeding numerous fish species and vertebrate species. They include species that are widely distributed in rivers and lakes and are used as indicators in aquatic systems monitoring studies. In Turkey, the Black Sea Region is also a privileged geography in terms of its topography and historical development history of aquatic systems, rich in rivers and lakes. In this research, field studies were conducted from 20 different stations in the Black Sea region in 2017-2018. Benthic macroinvertebrate samples were collected from lakes and rivers with an Ekman grab sampler and hand net. Samples were washed in situ and fixed with 70% ethyl alcohol. Totally 10442 benthic macroinvertebrate members belong to 21 taxa were determined in the study. In the region, Oligochaeta was the dominant taxa with 56.80% dominancy value and followed by Chironomidae and Gastropoda with 18.26 and 8.24, respectively. As third dominant taxa, Gastropoda members were consist of 870 individuals belong to 11 taxa. It was determined that Gyraulus elenae and Radix labiata from Gastropoda were widely distributed in the region. These species have broad tolerance to pollution. In the study, it was determined that both densities of species and population were increased in the regions of the rivers that are far from the settlement areas or that have not been intervened and in the littoral parts of the lakes. In general, a decrease was observed not only in the Gastropoda members but also in the expected population density of the macrozoobenthos members in the parts of the streams that are under pressure.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Structural Biology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 15, 2022

Submission Date

September 1, 2022

Acceptance Date

September 30, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 15 Number: 3

APA
Yıldırım, M. Z., Mercan, D., & Arslan, N. (2022). Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation, 15(3), 339-347. https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861
AMA
1.Yıldırım MZ, Mercan D, Arslan N. Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey. BioDiCon. 2022;15(3):339-347. doi:10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861
Chicago
Yıldırım, Mehmet Zeki, Deniz Mercan, and Naime Arslan. 2022. “Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 15 (3): 339-47. https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861.
EndNote
Yıldırım MZ, Mercan D, Arslan N (December 1, 2022) Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey. Biological Diversity and Conservation 15 3 339–347.
IEEE
[1]M. Z. Yıldırım, D. Mercan, and N. Arslan, “Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey”, BioDiCon, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 339–347, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Mehmet Zeki - Mercan, Deniz - Arslan, Naime. “Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation 15/3 (December 1, 2022): 339-347. https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım MZ, Mercan D, Arslan N. Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey. BioDiCon. 2022;15:339–347.
MLA
Yıldırım, Mehmet Zeki, et al. “Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey”. Biological Diversity and Conservation, vol. 15, no. 3, Dec. 2022, pp. 339-47, doi:10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Zeki Yıldırım, Deniz Mercan, Naime Arslan. Preliminary Research on Gastropoda Fauna in Some Fresh Waters of The Black Sea Region, Turkey. BioDiCon. 2022 Dec. 1;15(3):339-47. doi:10.46309/biodicon.2022.1169861

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