Rare and new records of diatoms in Turkey from Kütahya flowing waters

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuneyt N. Solak ◽  
Maxim S. Kulikovskiy ◽  
Aydın Kaleli ◽  
Arif Gönülol
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
New Records ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Ecological Characteristics ◽  
Flowing Waters ◽  
High Diversity ◽  
Freshwater Diatom

AbstractDiatoms are one of the key organisms used in biomonitoring studies and they occur in a wide variety of environments, exhibiting a broad range of tolerance to abiotic factors. Historically, the first freshwater diatom study in Turkey was conducted in 1844 by Ehrenberg based on the material collected from the Murat and Aras Rivers. Situated between large continents (Eurasia and Africa), Turkey comprises areas of very diverse geological, climatic and environmental conditions, so we should expect that organisms such as diatoms show high diversity in this region. The aim of this study is to present new sites of rare and new records in Turkey from different genera along with morphological and ecological characteristics. As a result, a total of 73 species (24 rare and 49 new records) are presented in this study.

A survey of marine fungi on wood in South Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Sally C. Fryar ◽  
Kevin D. Hyde ◽  
David E. A. Catcheside
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
New Records ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Mangrove Wood ◽  
High Diversity

AbstractA survey of driftwood and mangrove wood in South Australia revealed a high diversity of marine fungi. Across eight sites there were 43 species of marine fungi, of which 42 are new records for South Australia, 11 new records for Australia and 12 taxa currently of uncertain status likely to be new species. Sites had distinctive species compositions with the largest difference attributable to substrate type (beach driftwood vs. mangrove wood). However, even between mangrove sites, species assemblages were distinctly different with only the more common species occurring at all mangrove sites. More intensive surveys across a broader range of habitats and geographic locations should reveal significantly more species.

scholarly journals Intact forests of the Hkakabo Razi Landscape are a hotspot of bat diversity in South-east Asia

Oryx ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Paul J. J. Bates ◽  
Pipat Soisook ◽  
Sai Sein Lin Oo ◽  
Marcela Suarez-Rubio ◽  
Awatsaya Pimsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
New Records ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Bat Conservation ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Bat Diversity ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract The Hkakabo Razi Landscape, in northern Kachin, Myanmar, is one of the largest remaining tracts of intact forest in South-east Asia. In 2016, we undertook a survey in its southern margins to assess bat diversity, distribution and ecology and evaluate the importance of the area for global bat conservation. Two collecting trips had taken place in the area in 1931 and 1933, with four bat species reported. We recorded 35 species, 18 of which are new for Kachin. One species, Murina hkakaboraziensis, was new to science and three, Megaerops niphanae, Phoniscus jagorii, Murina pluvialis, were new records for Myanmar. Our findings indicate high bat diversity in Hkakabo Razi; although it comprises only 1.7% of Myanmar's land area, it is home to 33.6% of its known bat species. This emphasizes Hkakabo Razi's importance for conserving increasingly threatened, forest-interior bats, especially in the families Kerivoulinae and Murininae. There is also a high diversity of other mammals and birds within the Hkakabo Razi Landscape, which supports its nomination as a World Heritage Site.

New record of the deep water Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Epimeriidae) in the east Pacific

Crustaceana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (14) ◽  
pp. 1699-1703
Author(s):  
Michel E. Hendrickx ◽  
Ignacio Winfield ◽  
Manolo Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
East Pacific

New records for the deep-water amphipod Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx, 2012, are presented for the eastern Pacific. Also, new data related to its depth range and environmental conditions are given.

scholarly journals Protura (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) in Slovenian caves

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Loris Galli ◽  
Franc Janžekovič ◽  
Peter Kozel ◽  
Tone Novak
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Small Class ◽  
Surface Soils ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Scarce Data

Protura is a small class of Hexapoda, generally poorly known, and rather scarce data on its occurrence in caves are scattered throughout literature on fauna in caves and in some papers on Protura. Although the cave-dwelling fauna is relatively well studied in Slovenia, published records on Protura are rare. In this paper, data on the occurrence and abundance of Protura in Slovenian caves are considered. Various statistical analyses were performed to compare caves with Protura to those without in 60 intensively monitored cavities to detect any differences in the selected environmental conditions. No significant difference was obtained. Samples collected from 15 caves yielded 286 specimens identified to genus or species level. Ten species were identified: Acerentulus confinis (Berlese, 1908), A. rafalskii Szeptycki, 1979*, Acerentomon affine Bagnall, 1912*, A. balcanicum Ionesco, 1933*, A. italicum Nosek, 1969, A. maius Berlese, 1908*, A. meridionale Nosek, 1960, Acerella muscorum (Ionesco, 1930)*, Eosentomon armatum Stach, 1926*, and E. transitorium Berlese, 1908*. The seven species marked with an asterisk are new records for Slovenia. Two specimens belonging to an unidentified species of the genus Ionescuellum Tuxen, 1960 were also found. As expected, Protura were most abundant at the cave entrance close to the surface, and none of the species were found exclusively in cavities. This suggests that proturans were introduced passively into the cavities via organic matter and surface soils.

scholarly journals Terrestrial Molluscs in the Dry Grasslands of the DNIPRO Upland (Central Ukraine): New Records, Rare Species and Conservation Potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Balashov ◽  
O. Vasyliuk ◽  
D. Shyriaieva ◽  
Z. Shvydka ◽  
O. Oskyrko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
National Level ◽  
Red List ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Dry Grassland ◽  
Dry Grasslands ◽  
First Time ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract Thirty-six species of terrestrial molluscs were found in the dry grasslands and rock outcrops of the study area, including three that were not previously known for Central Ukraine: Granaria frumentum, Pupilla bigranata and Mediterranea inopinata. These species are relics related to dry open habitats and require conservation in Ukraine on the national level, G. frumentum is already listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, and the other two should be listed in its next edition. It is proposed to create the new protected areas in the most important newly revealed locations of these species. These rocky areas also retain the high diversity of land molluscs in the region. The invasive snail Xeropicta derbentina was found for the first time on the DNIPRO Upland, on the edge of natural dry grassland. The rare native snail Morlina glabra was recorded for the first time in Kyiv Region, it is proposed to be included into the regional red list.

scholarly journals Pleistocene Branchiopods (Cladocera, Anostraca) from Transbaikalian Siberia Demonstrate Morphological and Ecological Stasis

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3063
Author(s):  
Anton A. Zharov ◽  
Anna N. Neretina ◽  
D. Christopher Rogers ◽  
Svetlana A. Reshetova ◽  
Sofia M. Sinitsa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Daphnia Pulex ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Large Branchiopods ◽  
Community Types ◽  
High Diversity

Pleistocene water bodies have been studied using the paleolimnological approach, which traces environmental changes using particular subfossils as ecological proxies, rather than analysis of the paleocommunities themselves. Within a given taphocoenosis, the presence and quantity of animals are related to environmental conditions rather than to community types where relationships between taxa are stabilized during their long-term co-occurrence and are (at least partially) more important than the particular environmental conditions at the time of deposition, which may have experienced significant seasonal and inter-seasonal variations. Here, we analyze Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of two paleolocalities in the Transbaikalian Region of Russia: Urtuy (MIS3) and Nozhiy (older than 1.5 million years). Cladocerans Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna, D. (C.) similis, D. (Daphnia) pulex, Ceriodaphnia pulchella-reticulata, C. laticaudata, Simocephalus sp., Moina cf. brachiata, M. macropopa clade, Chydorus cf. sphaericus, Capmtocercus sp. and anostracans Branchinecta cf. paludosa, and Streptocephalus (Streptocephalus) sp. are found in two localities. With the exception of the last taxon, which now occurs in the southern Holarctic, all other taxa inhabit the Transbaikalian Region. Within Eurasia, the steppe zone has the greatest diversity of large branchiopods and a high diversity of some cladocerans, such as subgenus Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) and Moina sp. Here we demonstrated that the branchiopod community in shallow steppe water bodies has been unchanged since at least the Pleistocene, demonstrating long-term morphological and ecological stasis.

High diversity of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in a Ramsar site Lake Kud-Thing, Northeast Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-290
Author(s):  
SUPATRA TIANG-NGA ◽  
ARTEM Y. SINEV ◽  
LA-ORSRI SANOAMUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Northeast Thailand ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Natural Lakes ◽  
Ceriodaphnia Cornuta ◽  
High Diversity ◽  
Planktonic Species

An intensive study of cladoceran diversity in Lake Kud-Thing, a Ramsar site of Bueng Kan Province, Thailand, was conducted. One hundred and twenty-five qualitative samples were collected from 15 localities during the period from June 2012 to November 2014. A total of 58 species belonging to 38 genera was recorded. Three species, Chydorus idrisi Sinev 2014, Karualona kwangsiensis (Chiang 1963) and Streblocerus cf. serricaudatus (Fisher 1849) are new records for Thailand. The most species rich family was Chydoridae (32 species, 55% of the encountered species in the lake) followed by Sididae (8 species, 14%) and Macrothricidae (8 species, 14%) while only a single species of Ilyocryptidae was observed. The most frequently encountered planktonic species were Ceriodaphnia cornuta Sars 1885, Bosmina cf. meridionalis Sars 1904 and Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard 1894). A newly described chydorid, Anthalona spinifera Tiang-nga, Sinev & Sanoamuang 2016, was also recorded from this lake. The number of cladocerans recorded in this study is remarkably higher than that of previous studies in other natural lakes (17–40 species) within Thailand. In addition to earlier records, the number of cladocerans of Lake Kud-Thing has been updated to 62 species, about two times higher than that of other lakes in this region. Thus, our results suggest that Lake Kud-Thing is one of the biodiversity hotspots for Cladocera of Southeast Asia. 

First records of six species of crustaceans for the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1403-1414
Author(s):  
Ozge Ozgen ◽  
Sermin Acik ◽  
Kerem Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
The Other ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Crustacean Species ◽  
Ecological Characteristics

Abstract This paper deals with six crustacean species associated with Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 meadows along the Aegean coasts of Turkey: Caprella tavolarensis, Eriopisella ruffoi, Iphimedia vicina, Astacilla mediterranea, Apseudopsis minimus and Macropodia deflexa. Apseudopsis minimus is a new record for the Turkish coast of the Aegean Sea, the other five species are new records for the eastern Mediterranean. Brief descriptions of the species and their morphological and ecological characteristics are given.

Diversity of desmids in three Thai peat swamps

Biologia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neti Ngearnpat ◽  
Peter Coesel ◽  
Yuwadee Peerapornpisal
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rare Taxa ◽  
Peat Swamp ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Habitat Parameters

AbstractThree peat swamps situated in the southern part of Thailand were investigated for their desmid flora in relation to a number of physical and chemical habitat parameters. Altogether, 99 species were encountered belonging to 22 genera. 30 species are new records for the Thai desmid flora. Laempagarung peat swamp showed the highest diversity (45 species), followed by Maikhao peat swamp (32 species) and Jud peat swamp (25 species). Despite its relatively low species richness, Jud swamp appeared to house a number of rare taxa, e.g., Micrasterias subdenticulata var. ornata, M. suboblonga var. tecta and M. tetraptera var. siamensis which can be considered Indo-Malaysian endemics. Differences in composition of the desmid flora between the three peat swamps are discussed in relation to environmental conditions.

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