Aquaculture Studies
2014, Vol 14, Num, 4 (Pages: 029-036)
The Determination of the Environmental Conditions of the Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) located in the lake Gölbası (Hatay)
Hülya ŞEREFLİŞAN 1
1 Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Fakültesi, 31200 Ýskenderun, Hatay
DOI :
10.17693/yunusae.v2014i21954.235728
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In this study, the environmental conditions of Potamida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798), Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862) and
Anodonta pseudodopsis (Locard, 1883) was determined located in the lake.Certain water quality parameters of the
lake[Magnesium, nitrite(NO2), nitrate(NO3), suspended solids, ammonia(NH3), phosphate(PO4), calcium,Biological
Oxygen DemandandChemical Oxygen Demand], aquatic plants and plankter were examined in the lake
Gölbası.Mussels prefer to live in the sediment of the lake. Thus, the structure of the sediment of the lake was
investigated for mussels habitat.
Keywords :
Fresh water mussels, water quality, plankton, sediment, mussels foot tissue