New Records for the Turkish Freshwater Algal Flora in Twenty Five River Basins of Turkey, Part IV: Ochrophyta

Year 2021, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 204 - 229, 12.07.2021

Nilsun Demir , Burak Öterler , Haşim Sömek , Tuğba Ongun Sevindik , Elif Soylu , Yakup Karaaslan , Tolga Çetin , Abuzer Çelekli , Tolga Coşkun , Cüneyt Nadir Solak , Faruk Maraşlıoğlu , Murat Parlak , Hacer Merve Koca , Doğan Manavoğlu

https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.835111

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Turkish lakes have different morphometric and hydrological features as a result of different climates and noticeable altitude differences in Turkey that are necessary conditions to occur different habitats for algal diversity. The total number of algae taxa in the flora of Turkey has increased due to the growing number of studies on phytoplankton taxonomy and ecology in the last 40 years. This study aims to describe new planktonic algal taxa for the Turkish freshwater algal flora. A total of 56 Ochrophyta taxa were determined in this study, conducted from 2017 to 2019 in lakes lies in 25 river basins of Turkey. In 275 lakes, samples of phytoplankton were collected with water samplers from three depths (surface, middle, and bottom) of the euphotic zone, and then subsamples were obtained by mixing the water samples taken from these three depths. The plankton net with a pore diameter of 50 μm was also used for collecting samples of phytoplankton. The algal taxa was identified by using different types of compound and inverted microscopes in many laboratories. 30 Ochrophyta taxa of which were determined in this study, were reported as a new record for the first time for the freshwater algal flora of Turkey.

Keywords

Ochrophyta, freshwater algae, new record, Turkey

Supporting Institution

TARIM VE ORMAN BAKANLIĞI SU YÖNETİMİ GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ

Thanks

This study was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Directorate General of Water Management. We would like to thank the executives and the staff of Çınar Engineering Consulting Co. who had executed the Project.

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