Seasonal variations in body length and fecundity of 2 copepod species: Termocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) and eudiaptomus drieschi (Poppe & mrázek, 1895)
Turkish Journal of Zoology, vol.38, no.2, pp.222-228, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 38 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-1007-7
- Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Zoology
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.222-228
- Keywords: Body length, Copepod, Egg production, Water quality parameters, Yenişehir lake
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The effects of temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, and chlorophyll-a concentration on the body length and egg production of a cyclopoid copepod, Termocyclops crassus, and a calanoid, Eudiaptomus drieschi, were evaluated. Sampling was conducted in Yenişehir Lake (Hatay, Turkey) on a monthly basis between May 2003 and April 2004. Te results of the present study showed that, among the parameters considered, temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration were the main parameters influencing the body length of T. crassus and E. drieschi in Yenişehir Lake. For E. drieschi, egg production was also afected by chlorophyll-a levels. © TÜBİTAK.