Macrozoobenthic community structure of İğneada region in Turkey (the southwestern Black Sea)

• Published in: Oceanological and hydrobiological studies Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 340 - 349
• Main Authors: Kurt-Şahin, Güley, Sezgin, Murat, Ünlüer, Fikriye, Öztürk, Bilal, Cavdar, Ertan, Dağlı, Ertan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin De Gruyter 01-09-2017; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Aquatic communities; Aquatic crustaceans; Aquatic invertebrates; Benthos; Biodiversity; Bittium reticulatum; Black Sea; Caecum trachea; Chamelea gallina; Coasts; Community structure; Crustaceans; distribution; diversity; Dominant species; Ecological zonation; ecology; Environmental conditions; İğneada; Macrozoobenthos; Marine; Marine ecology; Marine invertebrates; Micronephtys stammeri; Mollusca; Mollusks; Nematodes; New records; Polychaeta; Salinity; Species checklists; Species diversity; Substrates; Taxa; Taxonomy; Trachea; Water quality; Zoobenthos; MED, Turkey; Black Sea; Turkey; Bulgaria
• ISSN: 1897-3191; 1730-413X; 1897-3191
• DOI: 10.1515/ohs-2017-0035

The present study deals with macrozoobenthic species on soft substrates in İğneada (Turkish coast of the Black Sea). Benthic samples were collected seasonally at three stations between 2012 and 2013. A total of 155 species belonging to seven taxa (Turbellaria, Nemertea, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Crustacea, Phoronida, Mollusca, Hemichordata) were identified. Of these, four species are new records for the Black Sea fauna, 15 species are new to the Turkish coast of the Black Sea; and two species are new to the Turkish Seas. Polychaeta was the most representative taxon in the study area – it was represented by 58 species (39% of the total number of species). In terms of the number of individuals, Mollusca were the dominant taxon in all seasons (82% of the total number of individuals). The most dominant species were
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