@article{MAKHILLJAVA20109162351,
    title = {Limnological Assesment on the Brakish Shallow Liman Lake from Kizilirmak Delta (Turkey)},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {9},
    number = {16},
    pages = {2132-2139},
    year = {2010},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2010.2132.2139},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2010.2132.2139},
    author = {F. Yildiz,Yasemin,S. Selim,Ertunc and},
    keywords = {Liman lake,limnology,mixo-oligohaline lake,zooplankton,phytoplankton,Turkey},
    abstract = {Liman lake is a part of the Kiziirmak Delta which is one of the most valuable wetland systems in Northern Turkey as a Ramsar site. Liman Lake is a typical brackish lagoon lakewhich is separated from the Black Sea by a narrow sandy barrier. Phyto/zooplankton composition, chlorophyll aand some water quality parameters were investigated in the mixo-oligohaline brackish Liman lake between October 2002 and March 2004. Water temperature, oxygen, Electrical Conductivity (EC), pH and salinity, chemical parameters (K<SUP>+</SUP>, Na<SUP>+</SUP>, Mg<SUP>2+</SUP>, Ca<SUP>2+</SUP>, Cl&#175;, SO<SUB>4</SUB><SUP>2</SUP>&#175;, HCO<SUB>3</SUB>&#175; and CO<SUB>3</SUB><SUP>2</SUP>&#175;) and nitrite, nitrate, ammonia and orthophosphate were analyzed. About 35 taxa were distinguished in the zooplankton samples (Rotifera 28, Cladocera 5 and Copepoda 2). <I>Hexathra oxyuris</I>, <I>Keratella quadrata</I>, <I>Keratella cohlearis </I>were the dominant species. A total of 73 species belonging to Cyanobacteria (25), Chlorophyta (23), Bacillariophyta (14), Pyrrophyta (5), Cryptophyta (3) and Euglenophyta (3) were identified. <I>Chroococcus minutus</I>, <I>Merismopedia tenuissima</I>, <I>Phormidium tenue</I>, <I>Phormidium</I> sp., <I>Monoraphidium contortum</I>, <I>M. minutum</I>, <I>M. pusillum </I>were perennial dominant species. The chlorophyll a concentration of Liman lake ranged from 5-50 &#956;g L<SUP>-1</SUP> with a mean value of 19.7 &#956;g L<SUP>-1</SUP>.  Based on chlorophyll a results, the trophic level of Liman lake was found in the range of eutrophic level.}
    }