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Phytoplankton caunting

Water samples put into hydrobios plankton counting chambers depending on phytoplankton density, after standing overnight by dropping lugol’s solution, counting phytoplankton were made by using inverted microscope [30-31].

Following formula was used to calculate the number of phytoplankton [31]:

C x TA

Number of phytoplankton (piece/ml) =———-

F x A x V

Here;

C= The number of organisms found by counting (number),

TA= Bottom area of the cell count (mm2),

F= Counted field number (number),

A= Field of view of the microscope (mm2),

V= Volume of precipitated sample (ml).