This floristic survey contributed to our knowledge of periphytic diatoms in a eutrophic reservoir in Paraná state, and provided a basis for future works using diatoms as bioindicators of trophic water conditions. Samples were collected quarterly, over a year, by removing the biofilm attached to Polygonum sp. stems and to glass slides. The slides were placed in wooden frames and remained submersed for 30 days to colonize. The taxonomic study resulted in 11 new taxonomic records for Paraná state among the 96 identified diatoms. The highest species diversity was found in the macrophyte samples. Achnanthidium minutissimum was dominant in most samples analyzed and considered tolerant of the eutrophic conditions in Iraí reservoir. Fragilaria rumpens, Fragilaria vaucheriae var. capitellata and Gomphonema gracile were abundant. Ecological information on the species was obtained from the literature; 35% of the species were characteristic of aquatic systems in an advanced state of eutrophication, 18% of mesotrophic environments and 19% were classified as tolerant and indifferent to the trophic state of the environment.
algae; bioindicator; Bacillariophyta; eutrophication; periphytic
