Zooplankton Structure and Some Ecological Characteristics of Beyşehir Lake

Lake beyşehir in this study water and zooplankton samples were taken in 8 different stations once a month, between may 2009-april 2010. 37 species of rotifera, 5 species of copepoda, 4 species of cladocera and 1 species belonging to bivalvia and a total of 47 species have been identified. the lake-wide total zooplankton density; rotifera of 95.45%, cladocera of 3.66%, copepoda of 0.89% and belong to bivalvia of <0.01% calculated. zooplankton was represented by a large portion of micro-zooplankton. large zooplankton such as daphnia with high water filtration capacity is located in a small percentage.