Turkish Journal of Zoology
Volume 50, Number 1 (2026)
Cover and Contents
Research Articles
Habitat diversity or altitudinal gradient? Which factor better explains ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) biodiversity? A case study from Davraz Mountain (Isparta, Türkiye)
EBRU CEREN FİDAN and ALİ GÖK
Pages 1-13
Zonation-dependent distribution of microplastic occurrence in Patella caerulea from Mersin Coast, Türkiye
EZGİ DEĞİRMENCİ, NURAY ÇİFTÇİ, SEDAT GÜNDOĞDU, and DENİZ AYAS
Pages 14-22
DNA metabarcoding approach to the determination of the diet spectrum of the common sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843)
ELENA V. DZYUBA, YURIJ S. BUKIN, BAKHTIAR E. BOGDANOV, YULIA P. SAPOZHNIKOVA, and NATALIA N. DENIKINA
Pages 23-36
Growth patterns and the shift from predominantly female to balanced sex ratios in Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782): a comparative study of lotic and lentic populations in Serbia
TAMARA MITIĆ, JELENA ČANAK ATLAGIĆ, ANA MARIĆ, JELENA STANKOVIĆ RISTIĆ, NIKOLA MARINKOVIĆ, MOMIR PAUNOVIĆ, and PREDRAG SIMONOVIĆ
Pages 37-51
Short Communication
Blinking without eyelids: first video-documented evidence of a blink-like reflex in Ophisops elegans (Reptilia: Lacertidae)
TURAN MERİÇ ÇELEBİ, YUSUF ÇELİKAĞI, TUANA KINAY, ARDA CEM KUYUCU, MUAMMER KURNAZ, and MEHMET KÜRŞAT ŞAHİN
Pages 52-55
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Mustafa YAMAN Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Türkiye
