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- Title
Use of Simuliidae (Insecta, Diptera) species as indicators of aquatic habitat quality of Yeşilırmak River Basin (Turkey).
- Authors
Kazanci, Nilgün; Ertunç, Özge
- Abstract
1. In order to determine the Simuliidae fauna of Yeşilırmak River Basin and relationships between Simuliidae species and water quality, benthic macroinvertebrate samples collected between 14 and 31 July 2008. 2. Physical and chemical variables of habitats such as water temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and nitrite were also given. 3. As a result of this study, 10 Simuliidae species (Metacnephia sp., Simulium (E.) angustipes, Simulium (N.) costatum, Simulium (S.) argenteostriatum, Simulium (S.) bezzii, Simulium (S.) ornatum, Simulium (S.) trifasciatum, Simulium (W.) balcanicum, Simulium (W.) lineatum, Simulium (W.) pseudequinum) were determined from 12 collecting sites. Simulium (N.) costatum and Simulium (S.) trifasciatum were recorded from Yeşilırmak River Basin for the first time. 4. Ecological quality of collecting sites was classified according to the results of Biological Monitoring Working Party (BMWP) score and Belgian Biotic Index (BBI). 5. Yeşilırmak River has been affected by various human activities (industries, urban sewage, organic effluent, dams, hydroelectric power plants). Relationships between these environmental variables and Simuliidae species were assessed. 6. Simuliidae species were indicators of water and habitat quality of Yeşilırmak River Basin because of distribution of indicator Simuliidae species concordant with water quality.
- Subjects
TURKEY; SIMULIIDAE; AQUATIC habitats; WATER quality; DISSOLVED oxygen in water; HUMAN activity recognition; WATER temperature &; the environment; ANIMAL ecology; TURBIDITY
- Publication
Review of Hydrobiology, 2010, Vol 3, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1308-4119
- Publication type
Article