The distribution of centric diatoms in different rivercatchments in the Anatolian Peninsula, Turkey

Authors

CÜNEYD NADİR SOLAK
MAXIM KULIKOVSKI
TIHAMMER KEVE KISS
MUHAMMET AYDIN KALELİ
JOHN PATRICK KOCIOLEK
EVA ÁCS

DOI

10.3906/bot-1703-23

Abstract

The diatoms are one of the most important groups of organisms for biomonitoring studies. In Turkey, most previous applications of diatoms to water quality monitoring have focused on the pennate diatoms, with almost no attention given to the centric forms. The paper presents the centric diatoms in some river catchments in Central Anatolia (Konya closed catchment and Kızılırmak) and Western Anatolia (Marmara, Sakarya, Susurluk, Akarçay, Küçük Menderes, and Meriç-Ergene in the Marmara and Aegean regions). The survey of these catchments is based on samples collected between 2009 and 2013 from 33 different locations, including some springs from Türkmen Mountain and Domaniç forest, as well as small streams and big rivers of the Anatolian Peninsula. Altogether 30 taxa were found, of which 14 are new records for the freshwater diatom flora of Turkey.

Keywords

Biomonitoring, centric diatoms, freshwater, Marmara, Aegean, Inner Anatolia, new records, Turkey

First Page

100

Last Page

122

Recommended Citation

SOLAK, CÜNEYD NADİR; KULIKOVSKI, MAXIM; KISS, TIHAMMER KEVE; KALELİ, MUHAMMET AYDIN; KOCIOLEK, JOHN PATRICK; and ÁCS, EVA (2018) "The distribution of centric diatoms in different rivercatchments in the Anatolian Peninsula, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 42: No. 1, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1703-23
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol42/iss1/9