Short communication: Study on epilithic diatoms in the Balikli Tohma Creek (Darende/Malatya in Turkey)
Water, being the source of life, contains many life forms. The number and diversity of algae, which constitutes the first link of the food chain, affect all living things within the aquatic environment including fish. With its streams and lakes that cover an area of approximately 10000 km2, Turkey has very important internal water resources. About 135 of the wetlands within the borders of Turkey have international importance. Twelve of those have been declared as Ramsar areas (Anonymous, 2009).The structure of diatom communities has been directly linked to the physical and chemical state of water. Therefore, diatoms are used in water quality calculations and comparisons among rivers that have different morpho¬dynamics (Allan, 1995). The Water Framework Directive has established diatom communities as an indicator for stream systems besides the physico¬chemical parameters (APHA, 1985). The inert algal species that typically cover stones and hard rocks, and exist in mucilaginous and filiform masses constitute the epilithic flora. There have been many studies in Turkey on epilithic and epiphytic diatoms. Some of those studies have been on rivers whereas some have been on creeks that periodically dry up or freeze (Altuner and Gurbuz, 1988; Dere and Sivaci, 1995; Yildiz and Atici, 1996; Pala and Caglar, 2006; Pala and Caglar, 2008; Cicek and Ertan, 2015).
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Subjects: | Biology, Limnology, Balikli Tohma Creek, Diatom, Epilithic, Algae, Turkey, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37854 |
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| Summary: | Water, being the source of life, contains many life forms. The number and diversity of algae, which constitutes the first link of the food chain, affect all living things within the aquatic environment including fish. With its streams and lakes that cover an area of approximately 10000 km2, Turkey has very important internal water resources. About 135 of the wetlands within the borders of Turkey have international importance. Twelve of those have been declared as Ramsar areas (Anonymous, 2009).The structure of diatom communities has been directly linked to the physical and chemical state of water. Therefore, diatoms are used in water quality calculations and comparisons among rivers that have different morpho¬dynamics (Allan, 1995). The Water Framework Directive has established diatom communities as an indicator for stream systems besides the physico¬chemical parameters (APHA, 1985). The inert algal species that typically cover stones and hard rocks, and exist in mucilaginous and filiform masses constitute the epilithic flora. There have been many studies in Turkey on epilithic and epiphytic diatoms. Some of those studies have been on rivers whereas some have been on creeks that periodically dry up or freeze (Altuner and Gurbuz, 1988; Dere and Sivaci, 1995; Yildiz and Atici, 1996; Pala and Caglar, 2006; Pala and Caglar, 2008; Cicek and Ertan, 2015). |
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