Cladocera and Copepoda fauna (Crustacea) of Devegecidi Dam Lake (Diyarbakir)

In this, study, Cladocera and Copepoda (Crustacea) fauna of Devegecidi dam lake has been taxonomically investigated between April 1995 and December 1996 with the purpose of contributing to the zooplankton fauna of south-east Anatolia. Lake is at a distance of 20 km north-west of Diyarbakir city center and its surface area and maximum depth are 11 km(2) and 30 m, respectively. As a result, 12 species of cladocerans and 5 species of copepods, a total of 17 species, have been identified in the lake. All of these, except copepod Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923), are the first records for Devegecidi dam lake.