DAILY VERTICAL VARIATION IN PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION OF A DRINKING WATER RESERVOIR (KADIKÖY RESERVOIR-EDİRNE) DURING SUMMER STRATIFICATION

Abstract

This study is performed in August 2012 in Kadıköy Reservoir in Keşan district of Edirne. The deepest point of the reservoir when there is no water drown was chosen as the sampling station. Samples were taken from 6 different depths every three hours during a 24 hour period. 65 phytoplanktonic algae taxa belonging to Chlorophyta (26 taxa), Bacillariphyta (18 taxa), Euglenophyta (8 taxa), Charophyta (5 taxa), Cyanophyta (4 taxa), Miozoa (3 taxa) and Ochrophyta (1 taxa) were identified.

Keywords

• phytoplankton
• daily vertical composition
• chlorophyll-a
• kadıköy reservoir