Preliminary observations on the Samsun Bay splash zone biodiversity

Abstract

Abstract Taking into consideration the unique indicatory significance of the marine splash zone where the inhabitants of the neustal, water column and bottom are present, and continuing the investigations of the phenomenon of littoral concentration of life, samples of sand, mollusk shells and pieces of drifting wood and reed were selected. Parallel samples in the geographically opposite Odessa Gulf area were taken. During laboratory investigations living unicellular algae and fungi have been detected. There were: in Samsun samples – 21 algal species and in Odessa samples – 5 species, and correspondingly 10 and 8 fungal species. All species of fungi from the Samsun Bay were obligate marine and in the Odessa Gulf 8 species were obligate marine and 4 species – of terrigenous origin. Possible reasons of these differences are discussed. Preliminary conclusion is that the ecological status of the Samsun Bay area in autumn 2009 was more satisfactory than that in the Odessa Gulf area.

Keywords

• Key words: Samsun Bay, Odessa Gulf, microalgae, fungi.

References

1. Abdel—Wahab, M.A., Nagahama, T.F. and Abdel—Aziz, A. (2009). Two new
2. Corollospora species and one new anamorph based on morphological and molecular data. Mycoscience 50: 147-155. Aleem, AA. (1974). Marine fungi from Romania. Cercetari marine, IRCM Constanta 7: 29-53.
3. Apas, M. and Hulea, A. (1985). Micromycetes du littoral Roumain de la Mer
4. Noire: Deuteromycetes. Cercetâri marine, IRCM Constanta 18: 157-190. De Hoog, G.S., Guarro, J., Gene J. and Figueras, M.] . (2000). Atlas of clinical fungi. 2nd edition. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures: 1126 p.
5. Golerbach, M.M. and Shtyna, EA. (1969). Soil-inhabiting algae. Leningrad:
6. Nauka: 228 p (in Russian). Kohlmeyer, J. and Kohlmeyer, E. (1979). Marine Mycology. The Higher Fungi.
7. Academic Press, New York: 690 p. Kopytina, NI. (2002). Comparative characteristic of the marine cellulose decomposing mycobiota of certain estuaries of the Black Sea north-western part.
8. Compendulum of materials of the 4th International symposium “Ecological problems ofthe Black Sea". (Odessa, October, 31th — November, I"“. 2002): 98— (in Russian).

9. Kopytina, N.I. and Tarasyuk, I.V. (2010). Mycobiota of the sandy spray zone of the Odessa gulf beaches. Scientific Notes ofthe Ternopil National University. 3: 122 (in Russian).
10. Methods ofthe experimental mycology. Manual. (1982). Kiev: ScientiŞc thought: 552 p. (in Russian)
11. Milko, 0.0. (1965). Fungi, selected from the soviet region of the Danube River.
12. Microbiological Journal 27: 38-44 (in Russian). Proshkina-Lavrenko, A.I. (Ed.) (1974). Diatoms of the URSS. Leningrad:
13. Nauka: 116 p. (in Russian) Voronin, L.V. (1984). Mycobiota of the Danbe river avandelta’s Şshes.
14. Mycology and phytopatology. 18: 265-270. (in Russian) Zaitsev, Yu. (2006). Littoral concentration of life in the Black Sea area and coastal management requirements. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 12: 128.
15. Zaitsev, Yu. (2008). An Introduction to the Black Sea Ecology. Odessa: Smil
16. Edition and Publishing Agency ltd.: 228 p. _ Zaitsev, Yu.P. (1980). Contour Communities of Seas and Oceans. Travaux du
17. Museum d 'Histoı're naturelle Grigore Antipa. Bucuresti. 22: 421—426. Zaitsev, Yu.P. (1986). Contourobionts in Ocean Monitoring. Environmental
18. Monitoring and Assessment 7, D.Riedel Publishing Company, Dordrecht. The Netherlands: 31—38.