The composition of charophyte taxa and their habitat preferences in water
bodies of the Artabel Lakes Nature Park were investigated on 15 August 2013
and 13 August 2016. A total of 73 taxa belonging to Conjugatophyceae
(Zygnematophyceae) and Klebsormidiophyceae were recorded. The genera
Cosmarium (37), Staurastrum (10) and Closterium (7) were most abundant. The
partly unexpected presence of certain desmid taxa, i.e., taxa characteristic
of eutrophic water, was recorded. Filamentous charophytes were represented
by three taxa. The Willis curve for the distribution of species to genera
had a trend line of R2 = 0.9123. Bioindication, statistical methods and
comparative floristic results show that water in all of the studied lakes
was fresh, of low-conductivity, circum-neutral and with little organic
pollution. Four groups of lakes were identified as a result of statistical
comparison of their environmental and biological variables. Bioindication
results can be used as references for future monitoring of the lakes in
protection of the species found in the Artabel Lakes Nature Park and can
also be included in the National Water Quality Standard System of Turkey.
Algal flora of the National Nature Park Pripyat–Stokhid (Volyn Region, Ukraine)
