Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Turkish Ramsar site of Lake Kus (Manyas Golu)

Abstract

1. Lake Kus (Manyas Golu), an important bird conservation area, was sampled in the summer, autumn, winter and spring of 1997, and the seasonal and spatial distributions of ostracods: were investigated. Many of the taxa collected are useful indicator species for monitoring conditions within lake basins.