New records for the freshwater algae of Turkey (Tigris Basin)

Authors : Tülay Baykal Özer, Ilkay Açikgöz Erkaya, Abel Udo Udoh, Aydın Akbulut

Pages : 747-760

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Publication Date : 9999-12-31

Article Type : Makaleler

Abstract :Samples were collected from different habitats (plankton, epipelon, epiphyton, and epilithon) at 20 stations situated on rivers and dam systems in the Tigris Basin between December 2004 and November 2005. Twenty-five new records were identified for the Turkish freshwater algae. They belong to the following divisions: 3 to Cyanobacteria, 1 to Rhodophya, 1 to Euglenozoa, 2 to Myzozoa, 1 to Ochrophyta, 9 to Chlorophyta, and 8 to Charophyta.
Keywords : Key words: Algae, new record, freshwater, Dicle Reservoir, South-East Anatolian region