Abstract Marine algae and seagrasses were researched in the upper infralittoral zone of Adana (Turkish Mediterranean coasts) in this study. 381 algae and 5 seagrasses (Liliopsida) were determined (Total 386 taxa). 27 of them belong to blue-green algae (Cyanophyceae), 204 to red algae [Rhodellophyceae (2), Compsopogonophyceae (2), Bangiophyceae (5), Florideophyceae(195)], 78 to brown algae (Fucophyceae), 72 to green algae [Chlorophyceae (7), Ulvophyceae (18), Trentepohliophyceae (1), Cladophorophyceae (22) Bryopsidophyceae (22), Dasycladophyceae (2)]. Ceramium siliquosum (Kützing) Maggs & Hommersend var. zostericola f. zostericola, C. tenuicorne (Kützing) Waern (Rhodophyceae), Bryopsis adriatica (J. Agardh) Meneghini (Bryopsidophyceae) are given as newly record for the Mediterranean shores of Turkey.
Key words: Blue-green algae red algae brown algae green algae seagrasses Adana Mediterranean Turkey.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Articles |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Nisan 2006 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2006 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1 |