Bioassessment of water quality of surface waters using diatom metrics

A Celekli, H LEKESİZ… - Turkish Journal of …, 2021 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Bioassessment of surface waters is one of the most important approaches to predict the
deterioration of ecosystems and achieve environmental sustainability according to the …

Use of diatoms in monitoring the Sakarya river basin, Turkey

CN Solak, Ł Peszek, E Yilmaz, HA Ergül, M Kayal… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Sakarya River basin is one of the largest basins in Turkey, and encompasses the
Kocaeli, Düzce, Sakarya, Bursa, Bilecik, Bolu, Kütahya, Eskişehir, Ankara, Afyon, and Konya …

A critical review of biomonitoring in East African rivers: fostering community-based collaboration for environmental change observation

N Kitaka, LA Omondi, PW Mureithi, A Bauer… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The contribution of citizen scientists to environmental monitoring is notably increasing
significantly. Governments worldwide establish Water Users Associations (WUAs) as a good …

Variation of phytoplankton communities and their driving factors along a disturbed temperate river-to-sea ecosystem

S Zhang, H Xu, Y Zhang, Y Li, J Wei, H Pei - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton, as an important primary producer in rivers, greatly affects an aquatic
ecosystem's function and biodiversity. However, the effect of human activities on …

First assessment of lakes' water quality in Aras River catchment (Turkey); Application of phytoplankton metrics and multivariate approach

A Çelekli, S Kayhan, T Çetin - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
This study is the first attempt to determine responses of phytoplankton assemblages to
stressors using multivariate approaches and to evaluate the limno-ecological status of Aktaş …

Eco-assessment of least disturbed areas of the Antalya River basin: application of diatom indices from different ecoregions

A Çelekli, Ö Lekesiz, T Çetin - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Biomonitoring of least disturbed areas is a crucial issue to accurately assess the ecological
status of surface waters and ensure their sustainability. Diatom metrics are important tools …

Fuzzy logic as a novel approach to predict biological condition gradient of various streams in Ceyhan River Basin (Turkey)

A Çelekli, Ö Lekesiz, M Yavuzatmaca… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Creating a method to categorize the ecological status of streams according to their biological
conditions and establishing scientifically defensible nutrient criteria to protect their biotic …

Ecological status estimation of minimally disturbed rivers of the Western Mediterranean Basin (Türkiye) using diatom indices

T Ongun Sevindik, T Çetin, H Tunca, U Güzel… - Community …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) suggests establishing reference conditions
to help evaluate the ecological status of rivers in a specific ecoregion. Here we used …

Using diatom indices to estimate the ecological status of minimally disturbed rivers of the Sakarya River Basin (Türkiye)

TO Sevindik, T Çetin, U Güzel, H Tunca… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In order to determine the ecological status of surface waters of different types in a particular
ecoregion, the reference conditions for each type should be identified to compare with …

Eco-assessment of West Mediterranean basin's rivers (Turkey) using diatom metrics and multivariate approaches

A Çelekli, Ö Lekesiz - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Bio-evaluating of surface waters is not a new approach but is becoming more important
since the application of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). The present study …