Author/Authors :
Özkan, Nurcan Trakya Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
The Detection of Larval Chironomidae (Diptera) Fauna in Marmara Island and Their Distribution
Abstract :
During the field study which has been carried out on 24-26.08.2010 to Marmara Island, samples of mud have been collected from 24 localities from running waters and lenthic habitats waters. After cleaning organisms in laboratory, chironomid larvae species have been identified under microscope. In the island 24 species belonging to 3 subfamilies have been found. Among these, 17 species belong to Chironominae subfamily, 1 species belongs to Orthocladiinae subfamily and 6 species belong to Tanypodinae subfamily. All of the species are new records for the Marmara Island; Einfeldia carbonaria (Meigen, 1804) species is new records for Marmara Region.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Chironomidae , Diptera , Larvae , Marmara Island , Turkey
JournalTitle :
Ege Journal Of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
