The Contents of Digestion System of Chondrostoma regium Heckel, 1843 (Pisces: Cyprinidae) Population in Suat Uğurlu Dam Lake (Çarşamba-Samsun)

Authors

NAZMİ POLAT
MAHMUT YILMAZ

DOI

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Abstract

The organisms in the contents of digestion system from 145 individuals of the brond-snout (Chondrostoma regium Heckel, 1843 Pisces: Cyprinidae) caught from Suat Uğurlu Dam Lake between April, 1993-March, 1994, have been studied by using the number and appearance frequency methods. Consequently, it is determined that 99.92% of the total diet of brond-snout is composed of Bacillariophyta and the 0.08% is of zooplanktons.

Keywords

Suat Uğurlu Dam Lake, bround-snout, Chondrostoma regium, contents of digestion system

First Page

679

Last Page

694

Recommended Citation

POLAT, NAZMİ and YILMAZ, MAHMUT (1999) "The Contents of Digestion System of Chondrostoma regium Heckel, 1843 (Pisces: Cyprinidae) Population in Suat Uğurlu Dam Lake (Çarşamba-Samsun)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 23: No. 6, Article 26. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol23/iss6/26