First records for benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Güzeldere Waterfall, Turkey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First records for benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Güzeldere Waterfall, Turkey

Published:2022-12-30 Issue:2 Volume:31 Page:207-218
ISSN:1303-6025
Container-title:Communications Faculty of Science University of Ankara Series C Biology Geological Engineering and Geophysical Engineering
language:en
Short-container-title:Commun. Fac. Sci. Univ. Ank. Ser. C

Author:

ARSLAN Naime¹^ORCID,MERCAN Deniz²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

2. ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In this paper, the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna of the Güzeldere Stream and Waterfall were investigated. Samples were collected in October 2020 at 3 stations. A total of 41 taxa including Gastropoda, Oligochaeta (9 species), Ephemeroptera (7 species), Odonata, Coleoptera, Chironomidae (15 species), Simuliidae, Blephariceridae (2 species), Plecoptera (3 species), and Trichoptera (1 species) were identified in the area. The dominant taxon was Chironomidae at all three stations followed by Oligochaeta and Ephemeroptera, respectively. The second station had the highest individual numbers (195) and the highest species diversity (32). All of the identified taxa were the first records for the study area because there have been no studies conducted for the determination of the Güzeldere Stream and Waterfall.

Funder

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Publisher

Ankara University

Subject

General Medicine

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