An Evaluation on Fish Diet Composition Studies in Türkiye

Abstract

Determination of the dietary composition and feeding habits of fish is important to explore and compare trophic interactions, food web structure, population, and ecological dynamics within and between aquatic ecosystems and to ensure sustainability. Factors such as global warming in the world and the effects of human activity cause the reduction of fish populations to the deterioration of the ecological balance. That is why we need to fill scientific knowledge gaps to discover and protect biodiversity. In this study, studies that determine the dietary composition of fish species distributed in our country's waters were brought together and the methods used were examined. When we examine these studies; It has been observed that information on the diet compositions of threatened and important commercial fish species is lacking, and existing studies are concentrated in certain areas. It has been determined that the studies carried out in the Black Sea and Aegean Seas are more than in the Mediterranean and Marmara Seas, there are no studies in the Southeastern Anatolia region, and there are few studies in the inland waters of the Mediterranean, Marmara, and Aegean regions.