Records of Aquatic Beetles (Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydrochidae, Dytiscidae) and Physico-Chemical Parameters in a Natural Lake (Artvin, Turkey)

Authors

ÜMİT İNCEKARA

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0805-21

Abstract

Some ecological requirements of aquatic Coleoptera species were studied in a natural lake. Water beetle samples, collected in 2007 from the National Park Sahara-Karagöl belonging to the families Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydrochidae, and Dytiscidae were identified and listed. Both physical (conductivity and temperature) and chemical (pH, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids, hardness, organic matter, chloride, phosphate, and some metal ions) parameters of the inhabited water were measured.

Keywords

Aquatic Coleoptera, ecology, lake, variety, physico-chemical parameters

First Page

89

Last Page

92

Recommended Citation

İNCEKARA, ÜMİT (2009) "Records of Aquatic Beetles (Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydrochidae, Dytiscidae) and Physico-Chemical Parameters in a Natural Lake (Artvin, Turkey)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 1, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0805-21
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss1/12