The Echinoderm Fauna of Gokceada Island (NE Aegean Sea)
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES, cilt.11, sa.1, ss.26-29, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.3923/javaa.2012.26.29
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.26-29
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Echinodermata, Gokceada island, Aegean sea, benthos, diversity, Turkey
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The Echinoderm fauna of Gokceada island (NE Aegean sea) was studied in 2011 from 22 stations at depths ranging from 0.5-45 m by means of bottom trawling and snorkeling. Additionally, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, TDS and conductivity of water were measured on board. A total of 626 specimens belonging to 25 species (7 Asteroidea and Echinoidea, 6 Ophiroidea, 4 Holothoridea and 1 Crinoidea) were identified. The dominant species was the echinoid Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825). According to the result of cluster analysis based on the precence/absence of Echinoderm species, Gokceada island had a species composition similar to that of Bozcaada island while both islands were different from the Canalckale strait. However, ANOSIM they were not found to be statistically different (p = 0.3).