Recent Record of Oceania armata and Near-Past Records of Other Gelatinous Organisms in the Turkish Waters Presumably Derived by Basin-Scale Current

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 48 - 55, 20.07.2022

Erhan Mutlu , Yaşar Özvarol

https://doi.org/10.46384/jmsf.1083023

Abstract

The present study reports the occurrence of Oceania armata in the Turkish Levantine Sea, and presents evidence to support a hypothesis established to link an increased recent and near-past records of many gelatinous zooplankton species in the Turkish seas, and particularly in the Turkish Levantine Sea to specific Mediterranean basin-scale currents (Atlantic-Ionian Stream and the Mid-Ionian Jet). One worldwide-distributed oceanic cnidarian specimen was collected from the surface water of a location of 36.59002 N and 29.02471 E by a SCUBA diver on January 18, 2019 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The hydrozoan specimen was then identified as O. armata and recorded for the first time in the Turkish Mediterranean coast and only second time in the Levant coast after about 30 years. This is the second report of the species from the Turkish waters, and the first report was from the Turkish Aegean coast. Recently, new records of the gelatinous species have increased from the Turkish marine coasts; Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, and Levantine Sea. Most of them are distributed in the West Mediterranean Sea, but are also present in the Adriatic Sea (East Mediterranean Sea). In the Mediterranean Sea, one branch of the Atlantic current (Atlantic-Ionian Stream) enters the eastern basin via the Mid-Ionian Jet, linked with the southern Adriatic current. Therefore, it is possible that zooplankton could have entered East Mediterranean by the Atlantic current through West Mediterranean.

Keywords

new record, hydrozoan, zooplankton, Turkish Levantine Sea, basin-scale current

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

117Y133

Thanks

The present study was carried out within a framework of a project (grant no: 117Y133 and title: “Acoustical determination of biomass quantities and monitoring of distribution of Posidonia oceanica meadows on the Turkish entire coasts in the Eastern Mediterranean”) funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). We thank Stefano Piraino for confirming the species to be Oceania armata, and his suggestions. We thank also crew of R/V “Akdeniz Su”.

Oceania armata Türünün Türk Sularındaki Muhtemel Havza Ölçekli Akıntı Kaynaklı Son Kaydı ve Diğer Jeli Organizmaların Yakın Geçmişteki Kayıtları

Abstract

Bu çalışma Türk Levantin Denizi’nde Oceania armata bulunurluğu rapor etmek, ve son ve yakın geçmişte Türk denizlerinde, özellikle Türk Levantine Denizinde birçok jeli zooplankton türlerinin artan kayıtları ile Akdeniz havza ölçekli akıntılar (Atlantik-Iyonyan akıntısı ve Orta-Iyonyan jet akıntısı) arasında bağlantı olduğu hipotezini desteklemek amaçı için ön görülmüştür. 18 Ocak 2019 tarihinde ve 36.59002 N and 29.02471 E koordinat noktasının yüzey suyundan SCUBA dalgıçı tarafından dünyada yaygın olan oseanik cnidarian bireyi toplanmıştır. Bu hydrozoan bireyi, O. armata olarak tanımlanmış ve Akdeniz’in Türk suları için ilk defa ve Levantin Denizi için 30 yıl aradan sonra kayıt edilmiştir. Bu, Türk suları için ikinci kayıttır ve ilk kayıt Ege Denizi’nin Türk sularından verilmiştir. Son zamanlarda, Türk deniz sularından (Ege Denizi, Marmara Denizi ve Levantin Denizi) jelli organizmaların yeni kayıtları artmaktadır. Bu türlerin birçoğu Batı Akdeniz’de dağılmaktadır ve Doğu Akdeniz’e ait Adriyatik Denizi’nde bulunmaktadır. Akdeniz’de Atlantik akıntısının bir dalı (Atlantik-Iyonyan akıntısı), Adriyatik akıntısı ile bağlantılı olan Orta-Iyonyan jet akıntısı ile doğu havzasına girmektedir. Bu yüzden, Batı Akdeniz boyunca yer alan Atlantik akıntısı ile zooplanktonun Doğu Akdeniz’e girebilme olasılıkları vardır.

Keywords

Yeni kayıt, Hydrozoan, Zooplankton, Türk Levantin Denizi, Basen ölçekli akıntı

Project Number

117Y133

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