THE MACROBENTHIC FAUNA OF SIRAKARAAGAÇLAR STREAM FLOWING INTO THE BLACK SEA AT AKLIMAN, SINOP
01/11/2019The macrobenthic fauna of Sırakaraağaçlar Stream flowing into the Black Sea at Akliman, Sinop
Levent Bat, Mehmet Akbulut, Mehmet Çulha, Murat Sezgin
University of Ondokuz Mayis, Sinop. Fisheries Faculty, Department of Basic Science, 57000 Sinop, TURKEY
Abstract
In the present ‘study carried out between July 1997 and June 1998, samples of macrobenthic fauna were collected at Akliman (Sinop) where Sırakaraağaçlar Stream flowed into the Black Sea. The physical parameters of water were measured, Sea, brackish water and fresh water species were determined, 39 in total including Mollusca, Insecta (larvae), Crustaceae, Polychaeta, Hirudinae and Turbellaria, The first. sampling station was chosen at the mouth of the Sırakaraağaçlar Stream. The results show that the Mollusc Fauna was predominant in respect to species diversity, while the species belonging to Insects larvae, Crustaceae and Polychaeta Classis were in minority. The second and third stations were chosen at the inner place from the mouth of Sırakaraağaçlar Stream near its spring. Insecta larvae was predominant in respect to species diversity, whereas the species belonging to Mollusca fauna, Crustaceae, Polychaeta, Hirudinae and Turbellaria Classis were in minority. Thus, the most predominant species in Sırakarağaçlar Stream were identified as euriform and found in less flowing part of the stream.
Keywords: Black Sea, Sırakaraağaçlar Stream, mouth of stream region, macrobenthic fauna