International Journal on Algae

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2007, Volume9

Issue 4

97 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v9.i4

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S. Ye. Sadogurskiy
State Nikitskiy Botanical Garden, 334267 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

The data on spatial distribution and qualitative and quantitative composition of macrophytobenthos are presented by the results of investigations carried out in 2004 at Cape Ak-Burun (Crimea: priority site Takyl; the Black Sea). Variations in values of indices along the coast and in the depths of the Black Sea are characterized. In all, 68 species of macroalgae were registered: Chlorophyta − 13 (19%), Phaeophyta − 19 (28%), and Rhodophyta − 42 (62%). The benthos vegetation biomass reaches 0.7 − 1 kg·m⁻² in pseudolittoral (32 species of algae) and 1.5 − 7 kg·m⁻² in sublittoral (64 species of algae). It is prudent to distinguish two subzones within the pseudolittoral zone. Algoflora is of a highly expressed oligosaprobic character. As to the quantity of species, the algae with short-vegetating periods are the dominants, as for biomass − the perennial algae predominate. The water area is recommended to be included into the Nature Reserve Fund.

DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v9.i4.60 Download article, 365-383 pages

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