Yüksek Rakımlı Karstik Bir Mağara Deresinin (Güvercinkaya Mağarası: Çanakkale, Türkiye) Hidrokimyasal ve Bakteriyolojik Durumu ile Sucul Makroomurgasız Bulguları

Caves are laboratories for many disciplines that work in natural sciences including mineralogy, biology, hydrogeology, and archaeology. In this study, bi-monthly samplings were carried out from three sampling locations within around the Güvercinkaya Cave, a high-altitude cave located northwestern Turkey, to evaluate hydrochemical microbiological properties aquatic macroinvertebrates of stream. Some parameters water pH, electrical conductivity, temperature, oxidation-reduction potential, dissolved oxygen measured in-situ, while elemental (70 total) ionic composition analyzed laboratory. Microbiological analyses stream examined through total bacteria, coliforms, fecal Streptococcus, Escherichia coli. According Piper diagram data, had mainly Ca-Mg-HCO3 character, on other hand, Schoeller indicated common source due similar components main water. As result analysis, contamination was determined, indicating active wildlife cave. Additionally, several taxa, Rhynchelmis limosella, Dugesia sp., Gammarus uludagi which have non-troglobiont character found limosella detected study is first record Turkish fauna.