Turkish Journal of Botany
DOI
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Abstract
To determine the occurrence of dominant phytoplanktonic species causing red tides along the eastern Black Sea (Trabzon) coast of Turkey, multiple samples were collected periodically between 1991 and 2001. Red tide events were observed only during the periods between February and July. Six phytoplanktonic species causing 5 red tide events detected were Diplopsalis lenticula, Euglena acusformis, Eutreptia lanowii, Pyramimonas orientalis, Scrippsiella trochoidea, and Gymnodinium sanguineum. Numeric density of species during the red tide events ranged between 0.97 x 10^6 and 356 x 10^6 cells l^{-1}. During the red tides, the highest level of chlorophyll-a biomass ranged between 4.6 and 54.87 µg l^{-1}. Effects of such ecological parameters as temperature, salinity, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, and total Fe on the level of red tide, measured as the number of cells per litre, are also discussed.
Keywords
red tide, phytoplankton, algal bloom, Black Sea
First Page
375
Last Page
379
Recommended Citation
FEYZİOĞLU, ALİ MUZAFFER and ÖĞÜT, HAMDİ (2006) "Red Tide Observations along the Eastern Black Sea Coast of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 30: No. 5, Article 5. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol30/iss5/5
