The benthic algal flora on rocky substrata of the Tremiti Islands (Adriatic Sea) |
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Authors: | Mario Cormaci Giovanni Furnari Giuseppina Alongi Marcello Catra Donatella Serio |
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Affiliation: | Dipartmento di Botanica dell'Università di Catania , Via A. Longo 19, Catania, 95125, Italy |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT The results of a floristic study of benthic marine macroalgae on rocky substrata from the Tremiti Islands (Adriatic Sea) are presented. The list of taxa at specific and infraspecific level consists of 226 Rhodophyceae, 59 Fucophyceae and 36 Chlorophyceae. Of these 321 taxa, 147 are newly reported from the Tremiti Islands. Data on the reproductive phenology of each species, and comments on some species of particular interest are also given. |
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Keywords: | Adriatic Sea algal flora Tremiti Islands |
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