TY  - JOUR
T1  - Limnological Assesment on the Brakish Shallow Liman Lake from Kizilirmak Delta (Turkey)
AU - Demirkalp, F. Yildiz AU - Saygi, Yasemin AU - Caglar, S. Selim AU - Gunduz, Ertunc AU - Kilinc, Sabri 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 16
SP  - 2132
EP  - 2139
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.2132.2139
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.2132.2139
KW  - Liman lake
KW  -limnology
KW  -mixo-oligohaline lake
KW  -zooplankton
KW  -phytoplankton
KW  -Turkey
AB  - 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.
ER  -