Neslihan Balkıs

The Use of Phytoplankton Communities to Determine the Ecological Status of the Büyükçekmece Reservoir and Investigate Water Quality Problems

Objective: This study aimed to assess the ecological status of Büyükçekmece Reservoir, a major drinking water resource for Istanbul, by integrating phytoplankton community structure with trophic indices, nutrient dynamics, and multivariate analyses. Temporal patterns were also ev...