Temporal and spatial changes in diatom community structure with the effects of environmental parameters, and ecological status assessment by diatom indices in three shallow lakes (Sakarya, Turkey)

The effect of salinity and altitude on diatom assemblages and ecological status assessment based on diatom indices in the lentic systems of the Western Mediterranean Basin (Türkiye)

“…robusta and Staurosira venter were also alkaliphilic (Kamberović et al, 2019; Van Dam et al, 1994). Kusuru (L9) and Yeşilgöl (L12) lakes which were separated from other lakes on the CCA, were generally related to pollution‐sensitive or intermediate‐pollution‐sensitive species such as A. minutissimum , E. silesiacum , Gomphonema angustum and E. sorex (Van Dam et al, 1994; Kelly et al, 2008; Ongun‐Sevindik et al, 2023a). A. minutissimum (mean 30%), G. angustum (mean 10%), E. silesiacum (mean 51%) species were dominant in Lake Yeşilgöl (L12), while A. minutissimum (mean 42.5%) and E. sorex (mean 17%) species were dominant in Lake Kusuru (L9).…”

“…Approximately in the last 20 years, indices developed for rivers have been implemented into the lake studies (Blanco et al, 2004; Cellamare et al, 2012; Kelly et al, 2014; Rimet et al, 2016) or diatom‐based indices have been developed for the biological assessment of lakes (Bennion et al, 2014; Hofmann, 1999; Picińska‐Fałtynowicz et al, 2006; Stenger‐Kovács et al, 2007). The Trophic Index Türkiye (TIT) (Çelekli et al, 2019), which was originally used to evaluate the ecological quality of rivers, was also used to assess the water quality of different lentic systems in Türkiye (Çelekli & Al‐Ani, 2019; Ongun‐Sevindik, Kınalı, et al, 2023; Sevindik & Kucuk, 2016).…”