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AI InsightTubifex newaensis, Nais alpina and Nais behningi are new records for the inland water fauna of Turkey.
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Abstract
To detect the distribution of Oligochaeta fauna of Yuvarlak Stream in the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Protected Area in South-Western Turkey, monthly samplings were made from 11 stations from May 2001 to April 2002. The samples were collected by using 180 µ and 500 µ mesh sized hand nets and an Ekman-Birge Grab in 9th and 10th stations. As a result of the study, totally 50 taxa comprising of 17 species from Tubificidae, 28 species from Naididae, 3 species from Enchytraeidae and 2 species from Lumbriculidae were determined. Tubifex newaensis, Nais alpina and Nais behningi are new records for the inland water fauna of Turkey.
Özet
To detect the distribution of Oligochaeta fauna of Yuvarlak Stream in the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Protected Area in South-Western Turkey, monthly samplings were made from 11 stations from May 2001 to April 2002. The samples were collected by using 180 µ and 500 µ mesh sized hand nets and an Ekman-Birge Grab in 9th and 10th stations. As a result of the study, totally 50 taxa comprising of 17 species from Tubificidae, 28 species from Naididae, 3 species from Enchytraeidae and 2 species from Lumbriculidae were determined. Tubifex newaensis, Nais alpina and Nais behningi are new records for the inland water fauna of Turkey.