TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, cilt.12, sa.4, ss.777-786, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
A total of 42 taxa consisting of 23 Rotifera, 11 Cladocera, and 8 Copepoda were identified during the study performed in the lower basin of Yesilirmak River containing two dam lakes (Suat and Hasan Ugurlu Dam Lakes). The most abundant species were Keratella cochlearis, Polyarthra dolichoptera of Rotifera; Bosmina longirostris, Ceriodaphnia pulchella of Cladocera; Eudiaptomus gracilis and Acanthocyclops robustus of Copepoda. Zoopankton abundance (number per m(3)) was high in Hasan Ugurlu and Suat Ugurlu Dam Lakes in during July, 2009