Abstract
ABSTRACT The relationship between epipelic diatom communities and 16 environmental variables from two gypsum karstic lakes in central Anatolia was explored using canonical correspondence analysis. Temperature, ammonium (NH4 +), sulphate (SO4 2-) and calcium (Ca2+) concentrations were the most important variables related to species distribution. The genera Mastogloia, Gomphonema, Navicula, Cymbella, and Nitzschia were the richest in taxa. Diatom species associated with temperature, NH4 +, SO4 2-, and Ca2+ gradients were Mastogloia braunii, Mastogloia smithii var. lacustris, Campylodiscus clypeus, Navicula salinarum and Amphora coffeaeformis.
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