taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FB87B3FF87FFDFFCA1FF3BFA88C1D3.taxon	description	Ordo: Ploimia Familia: Brachionidae Brachionus diversicornis (Daday, 1883) Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 Keratella cochlearis (Gosse, 1851) Keratella quadrata (O. F. Müller, 1786) Keratella tecta (Gosse, 1851) Keratella tropica (Apstein, 1907) Keratella valga (Ehrenberg, 1834) Notholca acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1832) Notholca salina Focke, 1961 Notholca squamula (Müller, 1786) Familia: Euchlanidae Euchlanis deflexa (Gosse, 1851) Euchlanis dilatata dilatata Ehrenberg, 1832 Euchlanis dilatata lucksiana Hauer, 1930 Euchlanis incisa Carlin, 1939 Euchlanis lyra Hudson, 1886 Familia: Mytilinidae Mytilina mucronata (Müller, 1773) Mytilina ventralis brevispina (Ehrenberg, 1830) N 0 Çoruh Fırtına İy dere Kab sra Maçka Solaklı Total Bas ns N 0 Çoruh Fırtına İy dere Kab sra Maçka Solaklı Total	en	Mis, Didem Özdemir, Ustaoğlu, Mustafa Ruşen, Online, Published, Version, Final (2017): Distribution of rotifers of high mountain lakes in the Eastern Black Sea Range of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (3): 674-685, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1602-32, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1602-32
03FB87B3FF86FFDEFF04FF7AFE4BC060.taxon	description	Colurella uncinata bicuspidata (Ehrenberg, 1832) Lepadella acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1834) Lepadella ovalis (Müller, 1786) Lepadella patella (Müller, 1773) Lepadella patella persimilis (de Ridder, 1961) Lepadella quadricarinata (Stenroos, 1898) Lepadella triptera (Ehrenberg, 1832) Familia: Lecanidae Lecane clara (Bryce, 1892) Lecane closterocerca (Schmarda, 1859) Lecane flexilis (Gosse, 1886) Lecane furcata (Murray, 1913) Lecane hamata (Stokes, 1896) Lecane kluchor Tarnogradski, 1930 Lecane latissima Yamamoto, 1955 Lecane luna (Müller, 1776) Lecane lunaris (Ehrenberg, 1832) Lecane quadridentata (Ehrenberg, 1832) Lecane stichaea Harring, 1913 Familia: Notommatidae Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg, 1838) Familia: Trichocercidae Trichocerca chattoni (De Beauchamp, 1907) Trichocerca longiseta (Schrank, 1802) Trichocerca myersi (Hauer, 1931) Trichocerca porcellus (Gosse, 1851) Trichocerca rattus (Müller, 1776) Trichocerca similis (Wierzeski, 1893) Trichocerca tenuior (Gosse, 1886) Trichocerca vernalis (Hauer, 1936) Familia: Synchaetidae Polyarthra dolichoptera Idelson, 1925 Polyarthra remata Skorikov, 1896 Polyarthra vulgaris Carlin, 1943 Synchaeta pectinata Ehrenberg, 1832 Familia: Asplanchnidae Asplanchna girodi de Guerne, 1888 Asplanchna priodonta Gosse, 1850 Superordo: Gnesiotrocha Ordo: Flosculariacea Familia: Testudinellidae Testudinella mucronata (Gosse, 1886) Testudinella patina (Hermann, 1783) Familia: Conochilidae Conochilus dossuarius (Hudson, 1885) Conochilus unicornis Rousselet, 1892 Familia: Hexarthridae Hexarthra cf. bulgarica (Wiszniewski, 1933) Hexarthra fennica (Levander, 1892)	en	Mis, Didem Özdemir, Ustaoğlu, Mustafa Ruşen, Online, Published, Version, Final (2017): Distribution of rotifers of high mountain lakes in the Eastern Black Sea Range of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (3): 674-685, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1602-32, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1602-32
03FB87B3FF86FFD0FCA1FF3BFC2AC2E7.taxon	description	Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg, 1834) Filinia terminalis (Plate, 1886) Ordo: Collothecaceae Familia: Collothecidae Collotheca sp. A list of the 63 rotifer taxa collected from the study area is given in Table 4. Notholca squamula (46 stations, 77.97 %), Keratella quadrata (44 stations, 74.58 %), Lecane lunaris (38 stations, 64.41 %), Euchlanis dilatata lucksiana (29 stations, 49.15 %), Lepadella patella (25 stations, 42.37 %), and Lecane flexilis (18 stations, 30.51 %) were the dominant species. The rare taxa (Asplanchna priodonta, Brachionus quadridentataus, Collotheca sp., Conochilus dossuaris, Dissotrocha macrostyla, Euchlanis deflexa, Euchlanis incisa, Euchlanis lyra, Hexarthra cf. bulgarica, Keratella valga, Lecane clara, Lecane hamata, Lecane kluchor, Lecane latissimi, Lecane quadridentata, Lecane stichaeta, Lepadella triptera, Mytilina ventralis brevispina, Testudinella mucronata, Testudinella patina, Trichocerca rattus, Trichocerca tenuior, Trichocerca vernalis) were observed in only one station (lake) (1.69 %) each (Table 4). The highest number of taxa was found in the lakes in Fırtına Stream (39 taxa) and the lowest number of taxa in Lake Arhavi Karagöl (Kabisra Stream) (7 taxa) (Figure 4). Based on the saprobic system (Sladecek, 1973), the rotifer taxa were evaluated as follows: 54 % oligosaprobic (o), 26 % oligosaprobic / beta-mesosaprobic (o-β), 16 % beta-mesosaprobic (β), and 4 % beta-mesosaprobic / oligosaprobic (β-o). We propose that 80 % of the rotifer taxa were indicators of oligotrophic conditions and the remaining 20 % were indicators of mesotrophic conditions (Figure 5). When the dendrogram, which gives the similarities of the examined localities, was created, the stations named İ 7 and F 21 had obvious differences that caught our attention when they were compared with other stations. Moreover, a station named K 1 closely shared features with those two stations. Concerning the variety of species, the most similar localities are the stations coded İ 11 and İ 3. Similar to those, the stations coded İ 8 and F 6 also have various similarities concerning the variety of species. In other localities, the rates of similarity are about 70 % or lower (Figure 6). When altitudes of the lakes that we studied and rotifer species diversity were compared, a decrease was not observed in species diversity as altitude increased (R 2 = 0.067) (20 species in Lake Uzungöl with an elevation of 1100 m and 4 species in Lake Deniz with an altitude of 3370 m) (Figure 7). 70 60 50 40 N 30 20 10 β-o; 4 β; 16 o; 54 o-β; 26 0 Çoruh Fırtına İy dere Kab sra Maçka Solaklı Total Bas ns Percent S m lar ty Figure 6. UPGMA dendrogram illustrating the relationship of rotifers in studied lakes.	en	Mis, Didem Özdemir, Ustaoğlu, Mustafa Ruşen, Online, Published, Version, Final (2017): Distribution of rotifers of high mountain lakes in the Eastern Black Sea Range of Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (3): 674-685, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1602-32, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1602-32
