Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Journal of Water Science and Management, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.32-57, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
Turkish lakes have different morphometry and hydrology as a result of different climate types and noticeable altitude differences, which provide different habitats for algal diversity. In the last 40 years, the total number of algae taxa in the flora of Turkey has increased due to the studies on phytoplankton taxonomy and ecology. This study aims to describe new planktonic algal taxa for the Turkish freshwater algal flora. A total of 63 Miozoa and 2 Haptophyta taxa were determined in the project conducted from 2017 to 2019 in lakes of 25 river basins of Turkey. Our study was done as a part of the Project, namely “Establishment of Reference Monitoring Network in Turkey”, financially and technically supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Directorate General for Water Management. In each lake, phytoplankton was sampled with water samplers from three depths (surface, middle, and bottom) of the euphotic zone, and then the water samples taken from these three depths were mixed for obtaining subsamples. Plankton net with a pore diameter of 50 µm was also used for sampling. Identification of the algal taxa was performed with various compound and inverted microscopes in many laboratories. During this study, 26 Miozoa and 2 Haptophyta taxa were found as new records for the freshwater algal flora of Turkey.