@article{article_298454, title={AN UPDATED CHECKLIST OF MARINE FLORA ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF GÖKÇEADA ISLAND (NORTHERN AEGEAN SEA, TURKEY)}, journal={Journal of Aquaculture Engineering and Fisheries Research}, volume={3}, pages={171–187}, year={2017}, DOI={10.3153/JAEFR17020}, author={Güreşen, Aysu and Okudan, Emine Şükran and Aktan, Yelda and Erduğan, Hüseyin and Dural, Berrin and Aysel, Veysel}, keywords={Macroalgae,checklist,Gökçeada Island,North Aegean,Eastern Mediterranean}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">The present paper aims to describe the marine flora
occurring on the continental shelf of Gökçeada Island (North Aegean) based on
the review of the long-term researches (1973-2016) which provided qualitative
information on many taxa including Cyanobacteria, Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta,
Rhodophyta and Tracheophyta. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">Eight species ( <i>Polysiphonia brevearticulata </i>, </span> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">Ceramium codii </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">, <i> Gymnothamnion elegans </i>, <i> Spermothamnion repens </i>, <i>Lophosiphonia
cristata </i>, <i>Hydrolithon cruciatum </i> </span> <span class="apple-converted-space"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">, </span> </span> <i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">Leathesia marina, Caulerpa racemosa </span> </i> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">)
and one variety ( <i>Caulerpa racemosa </i>
var. <i>cylindracea </i>) recorded during the
present study are the new records for Gökçeada Island. The new recorded species
belonging to Rhodophyta were found as opportunistic-filamentous and crustose
epiphytic forms on <i>Posidonia oceanica </i>
leaf blades during the years 2009-2016. The presence of <i>Caulerpa racemosa, </i>the Mediterranean invasive algae and its
dispersal around the island proves the ecological threat on the coastal
ecosystem of the island due to the touristic boat achorings and bottom
trawling. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">R </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">hodophyta had the highest number of species dominated
the macroalgal composition with 178 species followed by the contributions of
Ochrophyta and Chlorophyta and Cyanobacteria with 78, 64 and 25 species,
respectively. As for the marine phanerogams (Tracheophyta) that contribute as
key ecosystems to the biological diversity were recorded as 1% of the
systematic groups in the region presenting three genus ( <i>Cymodocea </i>, <i>Posidonia </i>, <i>Zostera </i>) but covering vast areas. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">After all the future goals of this research are to
develop a checklist of marine flora along the littoral zones of Gökçeada Island
(North Aegean) presenting the last biodiversity situation and a detailed
herbarium collection for the museum of </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-gb">Istanbul University Gökçeada Marine Research
Department. </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Özkan ÖZDEN}