TY - JOUR T1 - Finding of alien brown macroalgae Chorda tomentosa Lyngb. in the Ukrainian Black Sea coast AU - Minicheva, Galina PY - 2015 DA - August JF - Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment PB - Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı WT - DergiPark SN - 1304-9550 SP - 227 EP - 231 VL - 21 IS - 2 LA - en AB - AbstractBrown algae Chorda tomentosa Lyngb. 1819, representative of order Laminariales Mig. 1909, was found in the north-western part of the Black Sea (Ukraine, Odessa Bay, Cape Bolshoi Fontan) in spring 2015. This is a new invasive species in the Black Sea ecosystem and the only representative of brown laminarian algae. Ecological activity of this species is 82.2±4.3 m2·kg-1, that corresponds to the nutrient level of the area where it was found. KW - Keywords: Chorda tomentosa KW - alien (biological invasion KW - non-indigenous species) KW - Black Sea KW - Ukraine CR - Algaebase (http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=acac51e 3860f3e451&sk=0&from=results). (Accessed May 2015) CR - Black Sea Monitoring Guidelines (2015) Macrophytobenthos (http:// emblasproject.org/ publications-reports). CR - Boldumanu, M.M. (1990) Atlas-identification to macrophytes of the White Sea CR - (http://wsbs-msu.ru/files/ws-algae/g4/chorda.htm). (in Russian) CIESM (2009) Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. (http:// www.ciesm.org/atlas/appendix4.html). CR - Kiselev, I. A., Zinova A.D., Kursanov L.S. (1953) Identification Guide to CR - Lower Plants: in 5 volumes. V. 2. Algae. – M.: Sov. Nauka. 312 pp. (in Russian) Minicheva, G.G. (1998) Use of surface indices of benthic algae for coastal ecosystems trophic and saporobiont state instant diagnosis. Algology 8(4): 419- 4 (in Russian) CR - Perestenko L.P. (1980) Algae of Peter the Great Gulf. – L.: Nauka. – 232pp. (in Russian) CR - Tsarenko P.M., Wasser S.P., Nevo E. (2006) Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography.- Vol. 1. – Ruggell: Gantner Verlag. 713 pp. CR - Zeybek, N., Güner, H., Aysel, V. (1986) The marine algae of Turkey. In: CR - Proceeding of the 5th OPTIMA Meeting, Istanbul, pp. 169–197. Zinova, A.D. (1967) Identification Guide to Green, Brown and Red Macroalgae of South Seas of the USSR. М.; L.: Science. 397 pp. (in Russian) CR - Zlygostev, A.S. (2011) Algae, Lichen and Muscoides. (http://vodrosli.ru/ Algae, Lichen and Muscoides). (in Russian) UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jbme/article/121732 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/103592 ER -