Recent data on the effects of sewage pollution on the assemblage of decapod crustaceans in the Dardanelles (the Turkish Straits System)

Abstract

Abstract The present work was performed to have the knowledge regarding the effects of sewage pollution on the decapod crustaceans assemblage collected at depths of 0-5 m of the Dardanelles. The samples presented herein were collected on the soft-bottoms by a SCUBA diver between July 2008 and April 2009. A total of 460 specimens belong to 25 decapod species was found and among these, the hermit crab, Diogenes pugilator has the highest dominance value of Di%=74.35). Multiregression approach resulted in statistically insignificant relationship between physical, chemical and biochemical parameters of water and sediment and decapod species.