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

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1007-7

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.

Keywords

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

First Page

222

Last Page

228

Recommended Citation

BOZKURT, AHMET and CAN, MEHMET FATİH (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: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1007-7
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol38/iss2/12