A Checklist of Turkish Rotifers

Authors: MUSTAFA RUŞEN USTAOĞLU, AHMET ALTINDAĞ, MURAT KAYA, NURAY AKBULUT, AHMET BOZKURT, DİDEM ÖZDEMİR MİS, SİBEL ATASAĞUN, SEVİL ERDOĞAN, AYSEL BEKLEYEN, SERAP SALER, HACER CANAN OKGERMAN

Abstract: In a book chapter containing the first checklist and distribution of Turkish rotifers, published in 1999, were listed 167 taxa. The second checklist, published in 2004, reported 229 rotifer taxa in Turkey. During the 7 years since this checklist process, many studies have been carried out and we have prepared a new checklist of Turkish rotifers in the present study. In all, 341 rotifer taxa have been recorded to date.

Keywords: Checklist, Rotifera, inland waters, Turkey

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