Algologia 2010, 20(2): 176–191
Ecology, Cenology, Conservation of Algae and Their Role in Nature
Macrophytobenthos and macrophytoperiphython of reserve «Swan islands» (Black Sea, Ukraine)
Evstigneeva I.K., Tankovskaya I.N.- A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
- 2, Nakhimov Ave., 99010 Sevastopol, Ukraine
Abstract
The results of a two-year study on summer vegetation in the «Swan Islands» Reserve are presented. In the littoral area of the Karkinit Bay and in two of its estuaries, 47 species of macrophytes belonging to three divisions of algae and to Magnoliophyta were revealed. Peculiarities of taxonomic and ecological structure of benthic algocenosis inhabiting firm substrates are analyzed according to the type of water body and year of observation.
Keywords: macrophytobenthos, fouling, ecological-taxonomic structure, inter-annual dynamics, bay, estuary, preserve
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