Abstract The study aimed at determining the concentration of heavy metals in muscle, liver, and gill tissues four fish species ( Acanthobrama marmid , Capoeta umbla trutta Chondrostoma regium ) collected from five sites Karasu River, Erzincan, between July 2019 January 2020. relationships size (length weight) metal concentrations were also investigated using Pearson correlation analysis. Concen...

Aim In this study, fish species living in the Elekçi Stream, which poured from borders of Fatsa District Ordu Province to Black Sea, were determine as taxonomical. Material and Methods samples taken Bolaman Rivers using an electroshock device six pre-determined stations between January 2017 October 2018. Specimens brought laboratory. The then stored formaldehyde solution (4%) for further examin...

BACKGROUND Eco-faunistic studies are inevitable step in environmental researches. Aquatic organisms like caddisflies are known as biological indicators for water quality assessment and water resource management. They have special role for energy flow in the freshwater habitats as food web and food chain among aquatic creatures. METHODS In addition to an extensive literature review on Iran Cad...

The host specificity and distribution of Eubothrium crassum (Bloch, 1779) and Eubothrium salvelini (Schrank, 1790), morphologically fairly similar pseudophyllidean tapeworms parasitizing salmonid fish, were critically assessed on the basis of morphological and genetic evaluation of extensive material collected from different definitive hosts and geographical regions in Europe. Eubothrium crassu...