The Cladoceran and Copepod (Crustacea) Fauna of İkizgöl (Bornova-İzmir)

Authors : M Ruşen USTAOĞLU, Süleyman BALIK, Cem AYGEN, Didem Özdemir MİS

Pages : 135-138

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :With the aim of identifying cladoceran and copepod fauna of İkizgöl, which is situated 565 m above sea level on the southern slope of Yamanlar Mountain, plankton samples were collected monthly by plankton net horizontally and vertically, with a mesh size of 55µm between December 1994 and May 1996. Collected specimens were preserved in 4% formaldehyde. As a result, a total of 16 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12 cladoceran and 4 copepods); species were identified from İkizgöl.
Keywords : Crustacea, Cladocera, Copepoda, Fauna, İkizgöl