<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper aims to characterize the algal communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park in terms of their species richness and their ability to reflect the water quality of the aquatic ecosystems they live in. Thirteen shallow floodplain lakes, both permanent and temporary, were considered for the present study, with 16 sampling occasions in 2012 and 2013. More than 300 algal taxa were identified, with the green algae (Chlorophyta) being the dominant phyla in almost all the sampling sites. The trophicity and the organic pollution reached high values in 2012, probably due to low water levels caused by drought. Spring floods from 2013 led to lower trophicity and saprobity levels in all sampled water pools.</p></abstract>

The present paper aims to characterize the algal communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park in terms of their species richness and their ability to reflect the water quality of the aquatic ecosystems they live in. Thirteen shallow floodplain lakes, both permanent and temporary, were considered for the present study, with 16 sampling occasions in 2012 and 2013. More than 300 algal taxa were identified, with the green algae (Chlorophyta) being the dominant phyla in almost all the sampling sites. The trophicity and the organic pollution reached high values in 2012, probably due to low water levels caused by drought. Spring floods from 2013 led to lower trophicity and saprobity levels in all sampled water pools.

Wetland Algal Communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park (Romania)

“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Clinicilor Street 5-7, RO-400006

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The present paper aims to characterize the algal communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park in terms of their species richness and their ability to...

Wetland Algal Communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park (Romania)

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 23 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0061

Keywords
floodplain lakes, phytoplankton, phytobenthos, similarity, species richness, water quality

© 2015 Mihaela Hrisa Florescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Wetland Algal Communities from Balta Mică a Brăilei Nature Park (Romania)

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 23 - 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0061

Keywordsfloodplain lakes, phytoplankton, phytobenthos, similarity, species richness, water quality

© 2015 Mihaela Hrisa Florescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
floodplain lakes, phytoplankton, phytobenthos, similarity, species richness, water quality