Determination of the Zooplankton Community Distribution of Savrun Stream (Kadi̇rli̇-Osmani̇ye) in Autumn and Winter

A total of 50 zooplankton species, including 41 Rotifera species, 5 Cladocera species and 4 Copepoda species, were identified in Savrun Stream. A total of 12 families were recorded from Rotifera, and Lecanidae was found to be the richest family with 12 species. Four families were recorded from Cladocera, Chydoridae was the richest family with 2 species and Cyclopoidae had 3 species from 2 families of Copepoda. Rotaria rotatoria (Rotifera), Bosmina longirostris, Alona costata (Cladocera) and Paracyclops fimbriatus (Copepoda), which were the most common zooplankton species found during the study. The abundance of zooplankton is quite low, and only 16 species were found in abundance () and low () levels at various sampling times.