The rotifera fauna of Euphrates river basın (Turkey)

Abstract

In Turkey, limnological studies were begun by Vavra in Sari Lake in 1905, and 3 rotifer, 1 copepod and 3 cladoceran species were identified. Later, Dumont and Ridder 1987, were observed 78 rotifer species in 19 different localities and Segers et al 1992, observed 91 rotifer species in 21 different localities. Although a lot of water bodies were located in the Euphrates river basin, a few study is available on the rotifer fauna. This study was carried out 17 different localities from Euphrates river basin between 2001-2002 on a quarterly basis and rotifer composition, zoogeographic distribution was discussed.