Algae of Ballıca Cave (Tokat-Turkey)

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Authors

  • Bedrettin SELVİ
  • Zekeriya ALTUNER

Keywords:

Ballıca Cave, Turkey, Chanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta

Abstract

In this research, the composition in the algae of Ballıca Cave (Tokat-Turkey) was studied between June 1997 and May 1998.A total of 77 taxa were identified. Of those, 56 belong to Cyanophyta, 18 to Bacillariophyta and 3 to Clorophyta respectively. Cyanophyta has been dominant in algal composition. Cyanophyta is followed by Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta respectively. Chroococcus turgidus (Kutzing) Nageli, Synechococcus aeruginosus Nageli, Synechococcus major Schröter, Oscillatoria subbrevis Schmidle, Oscillatoria amphibia Agardh ex Gomont, Phormidium foveolarum (Mont.) Gomont, Nostoc disciforme Fritsch, Nostoc
microscopicum Carm ex Born. & Flah. And Pseudanabaena catenata Lauterb. are more common and denser than other taxa.

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Published

2019-07-14

How to Cite

SELVİ, B., & ALTUNER, Z. (2019). Algae of Ballıca Cave (Tokat-Turkey). International Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences, 1(3), 99–103. Retrieved from https://ijnes.org/index.php/ijnes/article/view/358

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2007): 2007-3

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Articles