<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The first results of bioindicative analysis of water quality in the high-mountainous lakes of the Artabel Lakes Natural Park are presented using diatom species. A total of 95 diatom taxa collected in August 2013 and 2016 were identified and used as bioindicators for ten environmental variables. Bioindication, statistical methods and comparative floristic results show that the waters in all the lakes studied were fresh, low-saline, with circum-neutral pH and organically uncontaminated. The results of bioindication can be used as etalons for future monitoring of lakes in order to protect species found in the natural park, and can also be included in the national system of water quality standards in Turkey.</p></abstract>

The first results of bioindicative analysis of water quality in the high-mountainous lakes of the Artabel Lakes Natural Park are presented using diatom species. A total of 95 diatom taxa collected in August 2013 and 2016 were identified and used as bioindicators for ten environmental variables. Bioindication, statistical methods and comparative floristic results show that the waters in all the lakes studied were fresh, low-saline, with circum-neutral pH and organically uncontaminated. The results of bioindication can be used as etalons for future monitoring of lakes in order to protect species found in the natural park, and can also be included in the national system of water quality standards in Turkey.

Bioindication of Water Quality by Diatom Algae in High Mountain Lakes of the Natural Park of Artabel Lakes, (Gümüşhane, Turkey)

Fatih Education Faculty, Department of Biology Education

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Food Engineering

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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The first results of bioindicative analysis of water quality in the high-mountainous lakes of the Artabel Lakes Natural Park are presented using diatom...

Bioindication of Water Quality by Diatom Algae in High Mountain Lakes of the Natural Park of Artabel Lakes, (Gümüşhane, Turkey)

Published Online: Mar 13, 2021

Page range: 1 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2020-0001

Keywords
diatoms, bioindication, high mountain lakes, Artabel Lakes Nature Park, Turkey

© 2020 Bülent Șahin et al., published by Sciendo

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

Bioindication of Water Quality by Diatom Algae in High Mountain Lakes of the Natural Park of Artabel Lakes, (Gümüşhane, Turkey)

Published Online: Mar 13, 2021

Page range: 1 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2020-0001

Keywordsdiatoms, bioindication, high mountain lakes, Artabel Lakes Nature Park, Turkey

© 2020 Bülent Șahin et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
diatoms, bioindication, high mountain lakes, Artabel Lakes Nature Park, Turkey