Abstract:
Many studies have been conducted on the rotifer
species found in Turkey, but there are many regions
that still remain to be investigated. Cappadocia
(Nevsehir) is one such region that has not been
studied in terms of diversity of the rotifer species.
To our knowledge, the present study was the first to
examine seasonal changes in rotifers in the
Cappadocia region between February 2013 and
April 2014. Seventy-two species of Rotifera
belonging to 28 genera were recorded from 10
water bodies in the Nevsehir Province by
repeatedly collecting samples in different seasons.
Most species, (9, 13%) belonged to the genus
Lecane followed by Trichocerca (7, 10%),
Brachionus (7, 10%) and Cephalodella (5, 7%).
From these results, we identified the richness of the
Rotifera species in the Cappadocia region. All
species that were found in this study were new
records for each water source as well as for the
Cappadocia (Nevsehir) region
