Determination of the zooplankton of the Kadın Azmağı (Muğla/Akyaka) estuarine region

In this study, the zooplankton of the Kadın Azmağı riverağzı region was taxonomically investigated. Between January 2021 and December 2021, seasonal sampling was done from 5 stations, 3 from the river mouth region and one from each of the regions with river and sea effects. In the surface water of the female creek brook, the mean temperature is 15.42±0.28 to 17.5±1.77 ºC, pH 7.60±0.1 to 8.05±0.28, dissolved oxygen 7.5±0 .57 to 8.2±0.49 mg/l, salinity 1.15±0.47 to 11.32±2.53 ppt, electrical conductivity 1878±667.23 to 18335±4244.63 µs/cm, chlorophyll a 1.22 ±0.10 to 4.12±0.49 (mg/m3), secchi disc 0.85±0.03 to 12.33±0.58 m; mean temperature in the bottom water 15.55±0.2 to 20.92±3.09 ºC, pH 7.65±0.06 to 8.03±0.4, dissolved oxygen 7.25±0.65 to 8, 12±0.41 mg/l, salinity 1.25±0.41 to 35.82±0.51 ppt, electrical conductivity 1993.5±640.51 to 49175±1887. A total of 41 taxa were determined in the zooplankton in the women's brook river mouth, 11 from Rotifera, 3 from Cladocera, 24 from Copepoda, 1 each from Tintinida, Polychaeta and Ichthioplankton.