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Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth

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Tigris–Euphrates River Basin is one of the great river systems of south-western Asia. Tigris (Dicle) River and Euphrates (Fırat) River are born in Turkey and they follow roughly parallel courses from their sources to the upper part of the Persian Gulf. The Lake Hazar located in the southeast of Elazığ Province is the main source of the Tigris River while the Murat and Karasu streams originated in northeastern Turkey are major tributaries of the Euphrates. A total of ten dam lakes or reservoirs are located on Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey. A lot of them are used to provide hydroelectric power besides recreational and fisheries purposes. In this chapter, benthic macroinvertebrate communities in this area reported at previous studies were submitted.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

    Belgin Çamur-Elipek & Gazel Burcu Aydın

  2. Faculty of Fisheries, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey

    Bülent Şen

  3. Şarkışla Aşık Veysel Vocational School, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

    Menekşe Taş-Divrik

  4. Faculty of Çanakkale Applied Sciences, Department of Fisheries Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey

    Pınar Yıldırım

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Çamur-Elipek, B., Şen, B., Aydın, G.B., Taş-Divrik, M., Yıldırım, P. (2021). Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey. In: Jawad, L.A. (eds) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_78

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