Algologia 2009, 19(4): 341–348
Ecology, Cenology, Conservation of Algae and Their Role in Nature
Diversity of summer macrophytobenthos of Taman Peninsula coast (Russia)
Lisovskaya O.A.1, Stepanyan O.V.2- 1Biological and soil Department of St.-Petersburg State University,
- 7/9, University embankment, 199034 St.-Petersburg, Russian
- 2South Scientific Center RAS,
- 41, Chekhov Avenue, 344006 Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
Abstract
The summer macrophytobenthos of Taman Peninsula coast is described on the material collected during the expedition in July of 2007. Sixty two macroalgae species were revealed in research area (Chlorophyta – 24 species, Phaeophyta – 6 species, Rhodophyta – 32 species). Wide-boreal and boreal-tropical annual species predominated. The description of typical macrophytic assemblages was made. Water vegetation consists mostly of annual associations, which makes shallow Taman coast especially vulnerable to antropogenic disturbance.
Keywords: Taman Peninsula, Azov of Sea, Black of Sea, macrophytobenthos
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