Algologia 2010, 20(3): 334–356
Flora and Geography
Biodiversity of algae of hot springs from Kuril Islands (Russia)
Nikulina T.V.- Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences,
- 159, 100-Letiya Vladivostoka Prosp., 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
Abstract
The paper presents the results of study of algal biodiversity of hot springs from islands Kunashir, Shiashkotan and Yankicha (Kuril Islands, Russia). Algal flora includes 163 species (180 subspecific taxa) from 4 divisions: Cyanoprokaryota, Euglenophyta, Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta.
Keywords: algae, biodiversity, hot springs, Kuril Islands
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