On the Relationship of Ostracod Species (Crustacea) to Shallow Water Ion and Sediment Phosphate Concentration Across Different Elevational Range (Sinop, Turkey)
TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, cilt.17, ss.1333-1346, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.4194/1303-2712-v17_6_40
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1333-1346
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Ostracoda, cosmoecious species, diversity, phosphate, bioindicator, ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, ALTITUDINAL RANGES, REGION TURKEY, TRACE-METALS, DIVERSITY, HABITAT, LAKE, RECONSTRUCTION, PROVINCE, REQUIREMENTS
- Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In order to investigate the relationship of freshwater ostracods with some of those physico-chemicals and sediment phosphate concentrations, 97 shallow aquatic bodies were sampled during July 2014 in the Sinop province (Turkey). A total of 3083 individuals belonging to 28 ostracod taxa are reported from 76 of 97 sites. While 24 of these taxa were firstly reported from the province, Bradleytriebella tuberculata is a newly reported species for Turkish Ostracoda fauna. Species diversity (H'=1.87) increased around the middle elevations (601-750 m) whereas it was decreased in low and high elevations. Results of ANOSIM analyses exhibited no significant difference among species composition of eight groups with 150 m elevational range (P>0.05). Cosmoecious species occurred in almost all elevational ranges whereas others seemed to prefer low to middle elevational ranges. A significant effect of water temperature, magnesium content of water, and total organic phosphate of sediments (P<0.05) were observed on ostracod assemblages. It appears that rather than number of sampling sites, habitat quality and spatial differences played critical roles on the species diversity.