WETLAND BIOTOPES OF GANOS MOUNTAIN (TEKIRDAĞ/ TURKEY)

Abstract

In our day, the tendency for natural resources has increased due to the increase in industrialization. Accordingly, this tendency results in an increase in environmental pressure groups over ecosystems. Biological and ecological diversity is under threat, especially due to incorrect and intense land use. Therefore, the importance of habitat conservation is increasing and potential solutions are being explored to support environmental conservation in the world. Biotope mapping plays a key role in making protection- usage decisions in ecological planning. In this research, wetland biotopes of Ganos Mountain are mapped using representative mapping method. In this context, previous studies related to the field and the research subject are collected and evaluated. After determining and identifying the area according to the land use types, floristic researches are started by checking the existence of biotopes in the area, which can represent the whole area or region and enable generalization for that region. As a result of the analysis, 12 woody and 48 herbaceous plant taxa are determined in the mapped biotopes. According to the Braun- Blanquet Method (1964), the dominant taxon of biotopes, whose plant densities are determined, is Scirpus sylvaticus. Within the scope of the research, the flora presence of the area is determined and the problems arising from land use are revealed.