Authors : Bahar Bayhan , Tuncay Murat Sever and Murat Kaya
Abstract: In order to establish the present fish fauna in Gediz estuary lagoons, sampling was conducted in the 4 stations, one inside Gediz river mouth and 3 in the lagoons during 2004. In the first station, a commercial trawling with 44 mm codend mesh size to determine fish fauna was used and sub marine observations or beach seine of 1 mm mesh size employed to establish fish fauna in the lagoons, K rdeniz, Homa and Çilazmak, which are relatively shallow. In addition some physicochemical parameters such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and chlorophyl-a which all play significant roles were measured for each stations monthly. As the result of the research, 56 fish species of 24 families were found from the 4 stations. According to a Bray-Curtis similarity index and multi dimensional scaling analysis in relation to the lagoons, 2 groups are formed based on diversity of fish fauna; K rdeniz, Homa and Çilazmak are similar to one another in diversity of species, with the first station being different from them.
Bahar Bayhan , Tuncay Murat Sever and Murat Kaya , 2008. Diversity of Fish Fauna in Gediz Estuary Lagoons (Izmir Bay/Aegean Sea). Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7: 1146-1150.