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- MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2026New Records for the Algal Flora of Türkiye from Blanket Bogs of the Eastern Black Sea Region
Akar, Bülent; Avci, Utku
Blanket bogs are ombrotrophic peatlands where water is mainly supplied by precipitation. This study reports new algal records from blanket bogs in Türkiye, contributing to the knowledge of Türkiye’s freshwater algal flora. Algal samples were collected from five different blanket bogs located in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Türkiye. Samples were obtained on a monthly basis during selected months, May, July, and September in 2021, May and September in 2022, and July in 2023. A total of 50 taxa belonging to 19 genera were identified: Scytonema (1), Cavinula (1), Kobayasiella (1), Netrium (4), Closterium (3), Actinotaenium (5), Cosmarium (3), Euastrum (3), Micrasterias (2), Spondylosium (1), Staurastrum (15), Staurodesmus (2), Tetmemorus (2), Microspora (1), Characium (1), Desmodesmus (1), Trachelomonas (2), Calycimonas (1), and Opisthoaulax (1). Calycimonas and Opisthoaulax are reported as new genera for the freshwater algal flora of Türkiye. The identified taxa were predominantly observed in acidic, oligotrophic and low-conductivity waters, thereby indicating the distinctive ecological characteristics and conservation value of alpine blanket peat bogs.
- MakaleAçık Erişim2024Diatom Communities in the Littoral Sediments of the Robert Island's Lakes, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Akar, Bulent; Güney, Aysegul; Özkan, Korhan; Avci, Utku; Kandemir, Raif
The study area is situated at Robert Island, which is located in the South Shetland Islands in the northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. The diatom samples were taken as part of the Turkish Antarctic Expedition (TAE-II) which took place between March and April 2018. The samples were collected from the surface of sediments (c. 5 cm) at a depth of approximately 20 cm, 50-100 cm from the littoral zones of an inland glacial lake (L1) and three coastal lakes (L2, L3 and L4) situated on glacier-free area on Robert Island. The main objective of this study was to reveal the diversity and the abundance of diatom communities in the littoral sediments of the lakes on Robert Island. The lakes were shallow and oligotrophic freshwater lakes, although the coastal lagoons had a high conductivity and nutrient concentration. Twenty-six diatom taxa belonging to Achnanthes (1), Fragilaria (1), Frustulia (1), Gomphonema (1), Halamphora (1), Hantzschia (1), Hippodonta (1), Humidophila (2), Luticola (3), Melosira (1), Nitzschia (4), Pinnularia (3), Planothidium (2), Psammothidium (2), Stauroneis (1) and Stephanopterobia (1) were identified in the samples from these lakes. The coastal lake L2 showed the highest richness of diatom communities among the in studied lakes, with 21 identified taxa.