Meteorological Forcing Shapes Seasonal Surface Zooplankton Dynamics in Lake Karamurat, a Small Tectonic Lake in Türkiye
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Pınar GÜRBÜZER Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Okan Külköylüoğlu Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Altındağ Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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| Dergi Adı | Diversity (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1424-2818 Dergi Bilgileri (2026) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2026 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 18 / 1 / 55–0 | DOI | 10.3390/d18010055 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3390/d18010055 | ||
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| In temperate freshwater ecosystems, zooplankton play a crucial role in the pelagic food web and act as sensitive indicators of environmental change. They respond to shifts in water temperature, hydrodynamic mixing, and short-term meteorological events. This study investigated the epilimnetic zooplankton fauna of Lake Karamurat (Bolu, Türkiye), a small tectonic temperate lake, with a specific focus on the influence of rainfall events and wind speed on community structure. The samples were taken seasonally and horizontally using a plankton net (55 µm mesh size) and were analyzed alongside in situ physico-chemical measurements and meteorological data. In total, 74 zooplankton taxa were identified, comprising 54 rotifer species and 20 crustacean species (16 Cladocera and 4 Copepoda). Testudinella greeni was recorded for the first time in Türkiye, representing a new addition to the Turkish Rotifera fauna. Multivariate analyses revealed that electrical conductivity, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, precipitation, and wind speed were key drivers shaping community composition. The findings suggest that wind-driven surface mixing and episodic rainfall events enhanced vertical redistribution, leading to dominance of rotifers and small-bodied cladocerans in the epilimnion. These findings underscore the critical role of sampling strategy in shallow lakes under dynamic conditions and provide new faunistic insights into the zooplankton diversity of Anatolian lakes. |
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| precipitation effects | seasonal community composition | wind-driven mixing | zooplankton richness |
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