Lake Beyşehir Monthly Distribution of Zooplankton Species

In this study, lake beyşehir water and zooplankton samples were taken in 8 different stations once a month, between may 2009-april 2010. 37 taxa of rotifera, 5 taxa of copepoda, 4 taxa of cladocera and 1 taxa 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 zooplankter zooplankton such as daphnia that water filtration capacity is constituted a very small portion.