BATHYMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF ALONG THE AEGEAN COASTS OF TURKEY

摘要

The bathymétrie distribution of decapod crustaceans on the continental shelf is analysed, based on data obtained during benthic sampling surveys carried out along the Turkish coasts of the Aegean Sea in July, August, and September 2000. A total of 97species of Decapoda has been identified from a total of 113 hauls that have been studied. In recent decades, a series of studies carried out in the Mediterranean Sea has improved our knowledge of the bathymétrie distribution of decapod crustaceans. More recently, work of Abello et al. (2002) and of Morales-Nin et al. (2003) from the western Mediterranean was added to earlier studies by Garcia Raso (1984), Abello et al. (1988), Abello & Valladares (1988), Cartes (1993), Cartes & Sardà (1993), Cartes et al. (1993), Cartes et al. (1994), Mura & Cau (1994), Falciai (1997), Farina et al. (1997), Borg et al. (2000), and Maynou & Cartes (2000), all pertaining to the western and central Mediterranean Sea.