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Algologia 2010, 20(4): 432–448
Ecology, Cenology, Conservation of Algae and Their Role in Nature

Macro algae of fouling and epizoon in shallow waters of southern Primorye (Sea of Japan, Russia)

Levenets I.R., Fadeev V.I.
Abstract

As a result of long-term researches (from 1979 up to 2007) on the seashore near southern Primorye (Sea of Japan) the composition and ecological peculiarities of fouling and epizoon floras have been studied. There were 145 macroalgal species (73 – red algae, 36 – brown and 36 – green), of which nine species were new for benthic flora of study area, occurred in the fouling and on the valves of Japanese scallop. The percentage of algal megataxa among studied floras considerably differed from the typical benthic floras. Brown and green algae are predominant in fouling flora's composition on the constructions non-having direct contact with a bottom. The predominance of the red algae is a characteristic feature of floras having direct contact with a bottom – that of epizoon and piers fouling. The considerable differences of studied floras on thallus forms' proportions deal with hydrodynamic peculiarities of biotopes.

Keywords: macrophytes, megataxa, fouling, epizoon, phytobenthos, thallus form, southern Primorye

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