• A new freshwater amphipod (Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Gammaridae), Echinogammarus ozbeki sp. nov. from the Tomara Waterfall, Turkey 

  Baytaşoğlu, Hazel (Pensoft Publishers, 2023)

  A new species of freshwater amphipod, Echinogammarus ozbeki sp. nov., collected from Tomara Waterfall, Gümüşhane province, northeastern Anatolia, is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the genus Echinogammarus ...

• Microplastics in branded milk: Dietary exposure and risk assessment 

  Başaran, Burhan; Özçifçi, Zehra; Akçay, Hakkı Türker; Aytan, Ülgen (Elsevier, 2023)

  In this study, 14 packaged milk of various brands sold in the Türkiye market was examined. The microplastics were physically characterised under the microscope. Their vibrational spectra were recorded with the ATF/FT-IR ...

• Plastics in an endemic fish species (Alburnus sellal) and its parasite (Ligula intestinalis) in the Upper Tigris River, Türkiye 

  Aytan, Ülgen; Esensoy, Fatma Başak; Arifoğlu, Esra; İpek, Zeynep Zehra; Kaya, Cüneyt (Elsevier, 2023)

  Occurrence of micro-, meso- and macroplastics in Alburnus sellal and its parasite Ligula intestinalis is reported for the first time in the Tigris River, one of the two large rivers that defines Mesopotamia. Plastic ...

• Oxynoemacheilus marmaraensis, a new species from the Susurluk River, Türkiye (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) 

  Turan, Davut; Bayçelebi, Esra; Kalaycı, Gökhan (Wiley, 2023)

  Oxynoemacheilus marmaraensis, new species, is restricted to the Susurluk River. It is distinguished from all the named species of Oxynoemacheilus in the northwestern Anatolian by the flank with a vermiculate pattern and ...

• Diversity, phylogeny and intraspecific variability of Paradiplozoon species (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) parasitizing endemic cyprinoids in the Middle East 

  Nejat, Farshad; Benovics, Michal; Rehulkova, Eva; Vukic, Jasna; Sanda, Radek; Kaya, Cüneyt; Tarkan, Ali Serhan; Abdoli, Asghar; Aksu, Sadi; Simkova, Andrea (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

  Diplozoidae are common monogenean ectoparasites of cyprinoid fish, with the genus Paradiplozoon being the most diversified. Despite recent studies on Diplozoidae from Europe, Africa and Asia, the diversity, distribution ...

• Taxonomic review of the Chondrostoma (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) species from inland waters of Turkey: an integrative approach 

  Küçük, Fahrettin; Çiftçi, Yılmaz; Güçlü, Salim Serkan; Mutlu, Ayde Gül; Turan, Davut (Pensoft Publishers, 2023)

  The genus Chondrostoma (Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae), composed of small to medium-sized fish with a scraper feeding characteristic, is distributed in the West and Middle East, Caucasus, Europe and Northern Mediterranean ...

• Two new freshwater blennies from the Eastern Mediterranean basin (Teleostei: Blenniidae) 

  Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran; Kaya, Cüneyt; Atalay, Mustafa Altuğ; Ekmekçi, Fitnat Güler; Freyhof, Jorg (Magnolia Press, 2023)

  Two new species of Salariopsis are described from the Eastern Mediterranean basin. Salariopsis burcuae, new species, from the Bay of Antalya east to the Jordan, is characterised by having a short cirrus, usually not ...

• Hydrodynamic characteristics of diagonal brush fish pass: prototype measurements 

  Küçükali, Serhat; Verep, Bülent; Albayrak, İsmail (MDPI, 2023)

  The present study investigates the hydrodynamic characteristics of the diagonal brush upstream fishway at the Incirli run-of-river hydropower plant on Iyidere River in Turkey. Three-dimensional velocity measurements were ...

• Barbus urmianus, a synonym of Barbus cyri (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) 

  Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash; Ghanavi, Hamid Reza; Kaya, Cüneyt; Freyhof, Joerg (Magnolia Press, 2023)

  Barbus urmianus, from the upper Mahabad River in Lake Urmia basin, was distinguished from B. cyri based on several morphological characters. Our analysis demonstrated very small molecular (COI) differences between both ...

• A new freshwater amphipod (Amphipoda, Gammaridae), Gammarus tumaf sp. nov. from the Gokgol Cave, Turkiye 

  Özbek, Murat; Aksu, İsmail; Baytaşoğlu, Hazel (Pensoft Publishers, 2023)

  A new amphipod species belonging to the genus Gammarus is described from the Gokgol Cave, Zonguldak Province, Turkiye. The newly-identified species is relatively small (13 mm) and is a member of the Gammarus pulex-group ...

• DNA barcoding of the genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Anatolia, Turkey 

  Canoğlu, Halim; Aksu, İsmail; Turan, Davut; Bektaş, Yusuf (Pensoft Publishers, 2023)

  The present study investigated the ability of DNA barcoding to reliably identify the endemic freshwater species in Turkey, known as biodiversity hotspots. The barcode region (652 bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase ...

• Distribution and sources of particulate organic matter from the anthropogenically disturbed Iyidere River to the Black Sea coast 

  Kaymak, Nehir; Mutlu, Tanju; Verep, Bülent (Frontiers Media, 2023)

  Understanding the biogeochemical processes of particulate organic matter occurring in the river under anthropogenic disturbances and its transport to the coastal system is important for environmental resource management. ...

• Plastic occurrence in fish caught in the highly industrialized Gulf of Izmit (Eastern Sea of Marmara, Turkiye) 

  Aytan, Ülgen; Esensoy, Fatma Başak; Şentürk, Yasemen; Güven, Olgaç; Karaoğlu, Kaan; Erbay, Murat (Elsevier, 2023)

  Occurrence of micro-(<5 mm) and mesoplastics (5-25 mm) in twelve fish species caught off Gulf of Izmit in the Sea of Marmara was investigated. Plastics were found in the gastrointestinal tracks of all the analysed species: ...

• Phoxinus abanticus, a new species from the Lake Abant drainage in Turkiye (Teleostei: Leuciscidae) 

  Turan, Davut; Bayçelebi, Esra; Özuluğ, Müfit; Gaygusuz, Özcan; Aksu, İsmail (Wiley, 2023)

  Phoxinus abanticus, a new species, is described from the Lake Abant basin. It is distinguished from Phoxinus species in Turkiye and adjacent waters by the presence of fewer lateral line scales (60-69, vs. 75-91 in Phoxinus ...

• Modeling and evaluation of the sucrose-degrading activity of recombinantly produced oligo-1,6-glucosidase from A. gonensis 

  Karaoğlu, Hakan; Balta, Zeynep Dengiz (Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2023)

  Fructose is the most preferred sugar to provide benefits for sweetening and health. As many industrial enzymes are used to produce High Fructose Syrup (HFS), it is vital to explore alternative enzymes for fructose production. ...

• Spatial and seasonal variations of organic and inorganic pollution parameters and relationship between malacostraca fauna in the Eastern Black Sea rivers 

  Baytaşoğlu, Hazel (Springer, 2023)

  The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between Malacostraca species distributed in the southeastern Black Sea basin streams of Turkiye and some organic and inorganic pollution parameters. For this purpose, ...

• Distribution and molecular characterisation of species of the Malacostraca (Crustacea) in the Eastern Black Sea brackish waters 

  Baytaşoğlu, Hazel; Akdemir, Tolga (2023)

  The aim of the study was to identify the species of the Malacostraca distributed in the estuarine habitats of the eastern part of the Black Sea of Turkey using both morphological and molecular data. Samples were collected ...

• Population structure and molecular phylogeny of Mesopotamian spiny eel (Mastacembelus mastacembelus) (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes) in Turkey 

  Kalaycı, Gökhan; Durmaz, Recep (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, 2022)

  The Mesopotamian spiny eel Mastacembelus mastacembelus is an endemic freshwater fish confined to the Euphrates and Tigris drainages of Mesopotamia. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the genetic variation of Mesopotamian ...

• Heavy metal concentrations and health risk assessment in sarda sarda (bloch, 1793) caught in the Turkish Black Sea coasts 

  Verep, Bülent; Mutlu, Tanju (2022)

  In this study, it was aimed to determine heavy metal levels in muscle tissues of Atlantic bonito samples caught in the Eastern Black Sea Region and to determine their potential to pose a risk to human health. The ...

• Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of petroleuciscus (teleostei: leuciscidae) species in Turkey 

  Kalaycı, Gökhan (2022)

  Palaearctic leuciscid genus Petroleuciscus is a poorly known genus and molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography is not known well. In this study, phylogenetic relationships of Petroleuciscus species in Turkey were ...

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