A short list of rotifers from turkey

ALTINDAĞ A., Yiğit S.

Zoology in the Middle East, vol.22, no.1, pp.129-132, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09397140.2001.10637858
  • Journal Name: Zoology in the Middle East
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.129-132
  • Keywords: Middle East, Rotifers, Taxonomy, Turkey, Zoogeography
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The distribution of Rotifers in 19 dams, lakes and water reservoirs of Central Anatolia, the Western Black Sea Region and the Mediterranean Region of Turkey was studied between 1992 and 1999. 71 Rotifer species were found, of which five, Lecane hastata, L. rugosa, L. scutata, Proales decipiens, and Resticula gelida, are new to the Turkish fauna. © 2001 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.