An investigation on the benthic diatom flora of the manavgat stream (Antalya)

In this study, the benthic diatoms of Manavgat Stream were identified by sampling from the aforementioned stream . In August 2016, the samples taken from eleven stations were studied in laboratory environment and benthic diatoms of Manavgat Stream were determined. As a result of the studies, 6954 shells were examined in total and 170 species belonging to 49 species were determined. As a result of these taxa, the new records of the species below were reported for the Turkish algae flora as Amphora indistincta, Amphora pseudoeximia, Amphora sabiniana, Brachysira procera, Brachysira neoexilis, Cocconeis placentula var. placentula, Cymbella excisa var. procera, Cymbella excisiformis, Cymbella subhelvetica, Cymbella tropica, Diatoma problematica, Diatoma vulgaris var. ovalis, Diploneis abscondita, Diploneis calcilacustris, Diploneis krammeri, Diploneis modicahassiaca, Encyonema brevicapitatum, Encyonema langebertalotii, Encyonopsis orientalis, Eunotia boreotenuis, Fallacia lenzii, Fragilaria delicatissima, Fragilaria gracilis, Fragilaria parasitica var. Parasitica, Geissleria decussis, Gomphonema holmquistii, Gomphonema rhombicum, Gomphonema subcapitatum, Gyrosigma kuetzingii, Luticola hlubikovae, Luticola similis, Navicula associata, Navicula cataracta-rheni, Navicula hintzii, Navicula oligotraphenta, Neidiomorpha binodiforme, Nitzschia denticula, Nitzschia elegantula, Nitzschia filiformis var. conferta, Nitzschia oligotraphenta, Nitzschia tabellaria, Psammothidium lauenburgianum and Stauroneis separanda. Keywords: Antalya, Benthic, Diatom, Manavgat, New records