TITLE:
Water Quality and Phytoplankton Diversity in Büyükçekmece Watershed, Turkey
AUTHORS:
Yasemin Gulecal, Mustafa Temel
KEYWORDS:
Büyükçekmece Watershed; Diversity; Water Quality; Phytoplankton
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
23,
2014
ABSTRACT: Seasonal changes in the diversity of phytoplankton and
its relationships to the water quality in Büyükcekmece Watershed in Istanbul,
Turkey were studied in this study during one-year period, from January 2009 to
December 2009. Physico-chemical parameters, main criteria of water quality,
were observed. Having identified species from 6 divisions, including Bacillariophyta, Chlorophyta, Cyanophyta, Euglenophyta, Dinophyta and Cryptophyta within the phytoplankton of Büyükcekmece Lake, and that of the named influent
streams, Bacillariophyta among these
divisions has been specified as the richest group in species variety. Among
the streams having gone under sampling, Tahtakoprü Stream has displayed the
species variety (48), and respectively Karasu (45), Hamza Stream (32),
Beylikcayiri Stream (21) and Ahlat Stream (7) have come thereafter. Within the
phytoplankton of Büyükcekmece Lake, 66 species have been identified. It was
determined that the water qualities of Büyükcekmece Lake and related streams
were varies I, II and III.