Tez özetleri Astronomi ve Uzay Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı

Coastal Ostracoda (Crustacea) Fauna Of The Bay Of Gökova

The material examined for this study was obtained from planned 30 stations located on the coasts of the Bay of Gökova between the dates of 20-23 September 2004. As a result of the classification carried out, 73 different species (Cytherella alvearium, Cytherella vandenboldi, Cytherelloidea sordida, Cytherelloidea beckmanni, Bairdia longevaginata, Bairdia mediterranea, Triebelina raripila, Leptocythere lagunae, Leptocythere bacescoi, Callistocythere intricatodies, Callistocythere lobiancoi, Cytheridea neapolitana, Cyprideis torosa, Pontocythere turbida, Pseudopsammocythere similis, Neocytherideis complicata, Neocytherideis fasciata, Neocytherideis subspiralis, Neocytherideis subulata, Acantocythereis hystrix, Carinocythereis antiquata, Carinocythereis carinata, Carinocythereis quadridentata, Costa batei, Costa edwardsii, Pterygocythereis ceratoptera, Heterocythereis albomaculata, Aurila convexa, Aurila prasina, Aurila speyeri, Aurila woodwardi, Tenedocythere prava, Urocythereis britannica, Urocythereis colum, Urocythereis distinguenda, Urocythereis phantastica, Caudites calceolatus, Cytheretta adriatica, Cytheretta subradiosa, Loculicytheretta pavonia, Loxoconcha bairdi, Loxoconcha bonaducei, Loxoconcha exagona, Loxoconcha gibberosa, Loxoconcha granulata, Loxoconcha micra, Loxoconcha parallela, Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Loxoconcha rubritincta, Loxoconcha stellifera, Loxoconcha tumida, Loxoconcha versicolor, Paracytheridea parallia, Semicytherura alifera, Semicytherura diafora, Semicytherura inversa, Semicytherura mediterranea, Semicytherura psila, Semicytherura sulcata, Semicytherura ventricosa, Xestoleberis communis, Xestoleberis decipiens, Xestoleberis dispar, Xestoleberis margaritea, Xestoleberis pellucida, Xestoleberis plana, Bythocythere minima, Propontocypris dispar, Propontocypris intermedia, Propontocypris pirifera, Aglaiocypris complanata, Aglaiocypris rara, Paracypris sklira) were recorded and 14 of them are new records for the ostracoda fauna of Turkey.

In this study, the effects of the environmental factors which were recorded in the field such as salinity (‰), density of oxygen (mg/l) and the water temperature (ºC) were aimed to be determined on the dispersion of different species. In order to reach a conclusion, with respect to the number of individuals, the stations with marine environmental factors which are located on the northern and southern coasts, are seen to be more diverse and numerous than the stations located on the eastern part of the bay which are under the effect of fresh water entrance. There are no detailed taxonomic studies about the Bay of Gökova therefore this study is original.