TY  - JOUR
T1  - Habitat Selection, Diversity and Estimating the Species Richness of Rotifers in Two Ponds Located in Central Anatolia
AU - Kaya, Murat AU - Duman, Fatih AU - Altindag, Ahmet 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 19
SP  - 2437
EP  - 2444
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2437.2444
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2437.2444
KW  - Substrat selection
KW  -alpha diversity
KW  -beta diversity
KW  -gamma diversity
KW  -species estimation
KW  -rotifera
AB  - Sample collections from aquatic ecosystems in many studies are limited to few habitats. This study is carried out to determine habitat selection, diversity and estimating the species richness of rotifers in samples collected from diverse habitats such as benthic, phytoplanktons, macrophytes, plankton, submerged moss and <I>Gammarus</I> sp. in two ponds located in Central Anatolia. A total of 68 species were recorded from 32 samples (20 from Soysalli pond and 12 from Ovaciftlik pond). Overall species richness (gamma diversity) was observed as 52 and estimated species richness was 64 for Soysalli pond. Overall species richness was observed as 42 and estimated species richness is 51 for Ovaciftlik pond. Richness for each sample (alpha diversity) was 3.9 for Soysalli pond while an alpha diversity of 5.5 was recorded for Ovaciftlik pond. All recorded species in this study are widely distributed worldwide however 3 of them: <I>Dissotrocha hertzogi</I>, <I>Macrotrochela concinca</I> and <I>Ptygura furcillata</I> are new records for Turkey.
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