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

Authors: TÜLAY ÖZER, İLKAY AÇIKGÖZ ERKAYA, ABEL UDO UDOH, AYDIN AKBULUT, KAZIM YILDIZ, BÜLENT ŞEN

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: Algae, new record, freshwater, Dicle Reservoir, South-East Anatolian region

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