surface waters such as lakes and rivers which are multipurpose fields used for drinking water supply, agricultural irrigation, fisheries and energy production are being threatened by domestic, industrial and agricultural pollution caused by rapidly growing population. due to the insufficient numbers of studies on lake bafa, the largest coastal lake of turkey, this study was conducted to investi...

Phytoplankton groups are one of the major quality element to be used in evaluation trophic and ecological state freshwater ecosystems according EU Water Framework Directive. This research was made assess status Lake Bafa Turkey, on basis phytoplankton communities. Büyük Menderes River is most important factor that carries pollutants Bafa. The eight sampling station were assigned evaluate lake. ...

In this study, sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, Linnaeus, 1758),  gray mullet (Chelon labrosus,  Aisso, 1826), bream  (Spanus aurata, L. 1785) and carp (Cyprinus carpio, L. 1758) supplied from Bafa Lake from October 2013 to February 2014, underwent a parasitological examination for helminth parasites. In total 86 fish were examined and four helminth species (Diplactanum aequans, H...

Monitoring and estimating pigment concentrations in water bodies have a critical role early intervention or investigation of causes for prevention. Remote sensing data are the most effective alternative due to its advantages as effortless, requiring less labor, displaying large areas single frame. Analyzing Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) constitute important research topics because all phytoplankton con...

The timing of the separation Lake Bafa from Aegean Sea and subsequent transition to a freshwater lake is matter debate, uncertainty intervals proposed dates for these changes are quite wide in latest study that utilizes state-of-the-art techniques. By proposing new approach form hierarchical Bayesian change point analysis analyzing paleoenvironmental data, this aims provide objectively selected...