New Records for the Freshwater Algae of Turkey

Authors: TÜLAY BAYKAL, AYDIN AKBULUT, İLKAY AÇIKGÖZ, ABEL U. UDOH, KAZIM YILDIZ, BÜLENT ŞEN

Abstract: Algae samples were collected from important dam lakes and running waters of the Lower Euphrates Basin. Eighteen new records of Turkish freshwater algae were identified. Among these new records, 5 belong to Cyanophyta, 10 to Chlorophyta, 1 to Xanthophyta, and 2 to Bacillariophyta.

Keywords: Algae, new record, freshwater, South-East Anatolian region

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