Some Reproductive Characteristics of the Beysehir Dace (Squalius anatolicus Bogutskaya, 1997) in Oymapınar Dam Lake Antalya, Turkey

Some Biological Characteristics Of Cyprinus Carpio (L., 1758) Inhabiting Apa Dam Lake (Konya-Turkey)

This study was carried out in Apa Dam Lake between January 2001 and December 2001. Characteristics of sexuality status, age groups, growth and reproduction as well as condition factor of Cyprinus carpio (L. 1758) population, which inhabits this dam lake and is of economic importance, was investigated. The age composition of Cyprinus carpio samples were determined to have ranged from I to VIII. ...

Zooplankton of Hancağız Dam Lake (Gaziantep - Turkey)

Zooplankton samples were taken seasonally from Hancağız Dam Lake between April 2012- May 2013 period. During the study, a total of 52 species (34 belong to genus Rotifera, 11 to Cladocera and 7 Copepoda) were found in Hancağız Dam Lake.Based on the number of individuals, rotifers were the dominant group in the dam lake (65.4%) followed by Cladocera (21.2%) and Copepoda (13.4%).All of the zoopla...

Comparative study on Reproductive characteristics of Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) in Golestan and Voshmgir dam lake

This study conducted to study some biological traits of Carassius gibelio in Golestan dam and Voshmgir dam  from February to September 2015. During the study, 247 specimens from Golestan dam and 208 specimens from Voshmgir dam were sampled using small beach seine. The sex ratio of fish caught from Golestan dam to 1:10/23 and  the sex ratio of fish caught from the dam Voshmgir1: 10/56. The highe...

Short communication:Determination of some heavy metal levels in three freshwater fish in Keban Dam Lake (Turkey) for public consumption

Determination of some heavy metal levels in three freshwater fish in Keban Dam Lake (Turkey) for public consumption

The accumulation of iron, zinc, copper and cobalt in the muscles of three freshwater fish (Cyprinus carpio, Squalius cephalus and Capoeta umbla) from Keban Dam Lake (Turkey) were investigated between September 2009 and April 2010. The concentration of heavy metals were found as Zn>Fe>Cu>Cd respectively. A positive relationship was found between heavy metal levels and fish size. The levels of al...