“…Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta were also dominant phytoplankton groups in other rivers of Turkey (Altuner & Gürbüz, ; Aygün, ; Öterler, ; Öterler, Kırgız, & Albay, and Soylu & Gönülol, ). In addition, the Tigris phytoplankton exhibited great similarities with those of other large European and Asian rivers, such as the Po, Ebro, Sava, Meuse, Danube, Tees, Euphrates, and Yangtze (Al‐Saadi, Kassim, Al‐Lami, & Salman, ; Descy et al, ; Holmes & Whitton, ; Simic et al, ; Tavernini et al, ; Tornes et al, ; Veraszto et al, ; Zeng, Song, Yu, & Chen, ). In these large rivers, Bacillariophyceae and Chlorophyta were also recorded as the dominant groups.…”