The aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) of eight lakes in the A¸sa˘gı Fırat River Basin (Lower Euphrates, Turkey)
| Autor: | Seval Aras, Özlem Findik |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi/fen-edebiyat fakültesi/moleküler biyoloji ve genetik bölümü/moleküler biyoloji ve genetik anabilim dalı, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi/mühendislik-mimarlık fakültesi/çevre mühendisliği bölümü/su kirliliği ve atıksu kontrol teknolojisi anabilim dalı |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Naididae Turkey Clitellata Aşağı fırat river basin Drainage basin Plant Science 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Lake Benthos Genetics Dominance (ecology) Oligochaeta A¸sa˘gı Fırat River basin Molecular Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Reservoir Hydrology geography.geographical_feature_category biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Aquatic animal Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Geography Benthic zone Tubifex tubifex Animal Science and Zoology |
| Popis: | The A¸sa˘gı Fırat River is located in the south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The water quality of the A¸sa˘gı Fırat River basin has been degrading for some time, primarily as the result of pollutants associated with the discharges from numerous domestic and agricultural point sources. Aquatic macroinvertebrate samples were collected from eight lakes conducted by using both hand-nets and an Ekman-Birge grab sampler during the summer and autumn of 2014, focusing on the species composition and distribution of aquatic oligochaetes in eight lakes of the A¸sa˘gı Fırat River basin, and their relationships with physico-chemical parameters measured in those lakes using Principal Component Analysis. Results of analyses of all identified benthic macroinvertebrates clearly indicate the percent dominance of oligochaetes in benthic samples in the eight dam lakes that were sampled: Hacıhıdır lake (62.9%); Atat¨urk lake (49.6%); ¨U¸c¨oz lake (28.9%); Dumluca lake (22.01%); Seve lake (13.9%); C¸ at lake (8.5%); Karakaya lake (7.8%) and Birecik lake (5%). During this study, 1044 oligochaete specimens representing 10 species of two subfamilies within the family Naididae were identified. The most abundant taxa were Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (48.94%), Potamothrix hammoniensis (19.3%), Tubifex tubifex (13.1%), Nais simplex (5.2%) and Nais communis (4.1%). This study was supported by the Ministry of Forestry and WaterManagement project [‘The establishment of our country Specific Water Quality Ecological Assessment System’]. We are grateful to the Ministry of Forestry and Water Management (Turkey) and DOKAY-C¸ED Environmental Engineering Ltd. Co. (Turkey). |
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