Seasonal variations in body length and fecundity of 2 copepod species: Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) and Eudiaptomus drieschi (Poppe & Mrázek, 1895)

Authors

AHMET BOZKURT
MEHMET FATİH CAN

Abstract

The effects of temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, and chlorophyll-\alpha concentration on the body length and egg production of a cyclopoid copepod, Thermocyclops 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. The results of the present study showed that, among the parameters considered, temperature and chlorophyll-\alpha 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 affected by chlorophyll-\alpha levels.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1007-7

Keywords

Copepod, body length, egg production, water quality parameters, Yenişehir Lake

First Page

222

Last Page

228

Recommended Citation

BOZKURT, A, & CAN, M. F (2014). Seasonal variations in body length and fecundity of 2 copepod species: Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853) and Eudiaptomus drieschi (Poppe & Mrázek, 1895). Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (2): 222-228. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1007-7