Evaluatıon of The Water Qualıty of Kura-Aras Rıver Basıns, Transboundary Rıvers of Türkiye, Accordıng to Some Bıotıc Indıces

Authors : Hazel BAYTAŞOĞLU

Pages : 474-483

Doi:10.35229/jaes.1331904

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed in the Kura-Aras river basin, which is the transbourdary system of Türkiye, to determine water quality by using some physicochemical parameters and macroinvertebrates. In the spring and autumn periods, benthic macroinvertebrates were collected by standard D-Frame Net and Ekman grab from stations. A total of 30 stations were selected along the basin. In this study, following BMWP insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Biological Monitoring Workinginsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Biological Monitoring Working Party);, ASPT insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Average Score Per Taxon);, Simpson Diversity Index, Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index, Margalef Diversity Index. It was determined that the most dominant group was Insecta and the rarest group was Oligochaeta in the Kura- Aras River basin. As a result of the evaluation of the selected stations in the basin in terms of physicochemical parameters, it was determined that they showed 2nd and 3rd class water characteristics in terms of PO4-P and NH4–N. According to BMWP and ASPT biotic indexes, it has been determined that it has 3rd and 4th class properties.
Keywords : ASPT, BMWP, içsu, fizikokimyasal parametreler

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