Late Holocene Environmental Changes indicated by Fossil Remains of Mites (Arthropoda; Acari) in the Marsh of Gravgaz, Southwest Turkey

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of the remains of mites (Acari) in a sediment core extracted from the marsh of Gravgaz in southwest Turkey. The distribution of species found in the subsamples allows a reconstruction of the considerable local changes in the ecological parameters. This is the first successful study of subfossil arthropod remains to reconstruct a past environment in Turkey.