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¹ Giresun University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 28049, Giresun, Turkey
² Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 55139, Samsun, Turkey DOI : 10.4194/trjfas.2010.0108 Viewed : 3924 - Downloaded : 6065 Functional classification and composition of phytoplankton of Liman Lake were studied between January 2002 and December 2003. A total of 109 taxa belonging to Bacillariophyta, Chlorophyta, Cyanophyta, Dinophyta, Xantophyta, Chrysophyta and Cryptophyta were identified. The succession during 2002 began with R-Strategists (with a high surface to volume ratio, including blue-green algae with filaments like Pseudanabaena limnetica Lemmermann). This group was followed by C-Strategists (small green algae characterised with fast nutrient absorption, assimilation and replication ratios). This group was again followed by R-Strategists and at last C-Strategists became dominant. Keywords : Liman Lake, phytoplankton, functional group, composition, C-S-R Strategists