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Range Extension And Translocation For Rhodeus Amarus (Bloch, 1782) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) In Northwestern Iran, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Narges Nazari, Ali Gholamifard, Ghorbanali Gholamhosseini, Azad Teimory, Brian W. Coad Jan 2011

Range Extension And Translocation For Rhodeus Amarus (Bloch, 1782) (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) In Northwestern Iran, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Narges Nazari, Ali Gholamifard, Ghorbanali Gholamhosseini, Azad Teimory, Brian W. Coad

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Based on the new fish collection, the distribution range of the European bitterling, Rhodeus amarus (Bloch, 1782), is extended to a new basin (Urmia) in northwestern Iran.


Reproductive Biology And Age Determination Of Garra Rufa Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) In Central Iran, Masoud Abedi, Amir Houshang Shiva, Hamid Mohammadi, Rokhsareh Malekpour Jan 2011

Reproductive Biology And Age Determination Of Garra Rufa Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) In Central Iran, Masoud Abedi, Amir Houshang Shiva, Hamid Mohammadi, Rokhsareh Malekpour

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Some aspects of the reproductive biology of Garra rufa Heckel, 1843, a native cyprinid fish species from the Armand stream in Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari province, central Iran, were investigated by regular monthly collections throughout 1 year. A significant relationship between length and weight and the isometric growth pattern were observed in this fish. There were no significant differences in the total number of male and female specimens. The population of this cyprinid fish had a narrow age range of 0-4 years, and the maximum number of samples belonged to the age group of 2.01-3 years. Based on the patterns of gonadosomatic and …


New Records Of Rotifers From Iran With Biogeographic Considerations, Masoud Hakimzadeh Khoei, Murat Kaya, Ahmet Altindağ Jan 2011

New Records Of Rotifers From Iran With Biogeographic Considerations, Masoud Hakimzadeh Khoei, Murat Kaya, Ahmet Altindağ

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The rotifer fauna of Iran is poorly known. This comprehensive study presents the results of an investigation of rotifers sampled in 51 freshwater sites of Tehran and neighboring provinces of Iran, from May 2006 to May 2007. Of the 115 species identified, 72 from 19 genera and 5 families are new for the fauna of Iran. Including the present records, the number of known Iranian rotifers has now reached 143. So far, the species found in Iran are overwhelmingly Palearctic. The present study is a first step towards more similar studies to update the existing species list of rotifers from …


New Records Of Staphylinidae From Turkey, Syria, And Iran (Insecta: Coleoptera), Si̇nan Anlaş, Önder Deveci̇ Jan 2011

New Records Of Staphylinidae From Turkey, Syria, And Iran (Insecta: Coleoptera), Si̇nan Anlaş, Önder Deveci̇

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Additional records of Staphylinidae species from Turkey, Syria, and Iran are presented, including the first country records of Proteinus laevigatus Hochhuth, 1872 from Turkey, Astenus melanurus (Küster, 1853), and Luzea nigritula (Kraatz, 1857) from Syria, and Astenus procerus (Gravenhorst, 1806) from Iran.


Lecanid Rotifers (Rotifera: Monogononta: Lecanidae) From Iran, Esmat Khaleqsefat, Shahrokh Pashaei Rad, Reza Malekzadeh Viayeh Jan 2011

Lecanid Rotifers (Rotifera: Monogononta: Lecanidae) From Iran, Esmat Khaleqsefat, Shahrokh Pashaei Rad, Reza Malekzadeh Viayeh

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Rotifer diversity was investigated in 26 bodies of water in northwest Iran. Thirteen species of Lecanidae were identified, 6 of which are new records for Iran. The new records include Lecane flexilis (Gosse 1886), L. hamata (Stokes 1896), L. hastata (Murray 1913), L. lamellata (Daday 1893), L. papuana (Murray 1913), and L. punctata (Murray 1913). Drawings are provided, and both the seasonal and spatial distributions of the identified taxa are discussed. A brief comparison is made between the present study's results and those reported from Turkey.


Micromorphological Studies On Nutlet And Leaf Indumentum Of Genus Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) In Iran, Maryam Eshratifar, Farideh Attar, Kazem Mahdigholi Jan 2011

Micromorphological Studies On Nutlet And Leaf Indumentum Of Genus Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) In Iran, Maryam Eshratifar, Farideh Attar, Kazem Mahdigholi

Turkish Journal of Botany

The micromorphology of leaf indumentum and nutlet surface of 12 species belonging to the 6 sections of the genus Teucrium L. was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Eight types of trichomes are identified including unbranched unicellular trichomes, unbranched multicellular trichomes, sessile glands, subsessile glands, stalked-multicellular glands long clavate glandular trichomes (with 3-5 cells), trichomes with large thin-wall, trichomes with non-micropapillate basal cell, which are the most general types on the adaxial side of the leaves, and branched trichome with long axis is the exclusive type and present in Teucrium polium L. Thus, trichomes can be used as a distinctive …


Seasonal Changes In Phytoplankton Community Structure In Relation To Physico-Chemical Factors In Bukan Dam Reservoir (Northwest Iran), Ali Mohsenpour Azari, Fereidun Mohebbi, Alireza Asem Jan 2011

Seasonal Changes In Phytoplankton Community Structure In Relation To Physico-Chemical Factors In Bukan Dam Reservoir (Northwest Iran), Ali Mohsenpour Azari, Fereidun Mohebbi, Alireza Asem

Turkish Journal of Botany

This study examines the relationship between phytoplankton population and some important physicochemical variables in the Bukan Dam Reservoir. The sampling was performed monthly from 8 sampling sites from April 2008 to February 2009. Phytoplankton counts were made by inverted microscope. Totally, 55 phytoplankton taxa were identified and included Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, Dinophyta, Cyanobacteria, Euglenophyta, Chrysophyta and Cryptophyta. Correlations between some important physicochemical factors and total phytoplankton number were calculated. Results indicated that phytoplankton total number positively correlated with NH_3 (R^2 = 0.845) and negatively correlated with Secchi disc depth (R^2 = -0.613).


New Records Of Two Cheyletid Mite Species (Acari: Cheyletidae) From Iran, Sali̇h Doğan, Mahdi Jalaeian, Hashem Kamali Jan 2011

New Records Of Two Cheyletid Mite Species (Acari: Cheyletidae) From Iran, Sali̇h Doğan, Mahdi Jalaeian, Hashem Kamali

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Two species of the family Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata), Cheletonella vespertilionis Womersley and Cheyletus kuznetzovi Bochkov and Khaustov, are given as new records for the Iranian fauna. This is also the first report of the genus Cheletonella Womersley from Iran.