Ascidians and their distribution in the Mediterranean Sea

dc.contributor.authorAslan, Herdem
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:23:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study was carried out elucidate Ascidian fauna and some ecological properties of shores of Bozcaada Island located in the North-east of the Aegean Sea. More than 2500 ascidians species are known to inhabit bottoms of the world's oceans. Ascidians are usually described as sessile organisms. We have little knowledge about the distribution of the Ascidians in Turkish Seas, 86 species from the Eastern Mediterranean and 165 species from the Western Mediterranean are known. In this study, samples were collected by scoop net, dredging and spatula in the infralittoral zone of Bozcaada. around Bozcaada, during the years 2000-2001. Following the taxonomic studies, six species of ascidians (Aplidium conicum (Olivi, 1792), Didemnum maculosum (Milne-Edwards, 1841), Ascidiella aspersa (Muller, 1776), Ascidia mentula Muller, 1776, Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823), Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1841)) were identified.
dc.identifier.endpage31
dc.identifier.issn1300-1590
dc.identifier.issn2148-3140
dc.identifier.startpage29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/29235
dc.identifier.volume23
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000440351900004
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherEge Univ
dc.relation.ispartofSu Urunleri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectAscidian
dc.subjectUrochordata
dc.subjectBozcaada Island
dc.subjectAegean Sea
dc.subjectMediterranean
dc.titleAscidians and their distribution in the Mediterranean Sea
dc.typeArticle

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