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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Christia, Chrysoula
• Tziortzis, Iakovos
• Fyttis, Georgios
• Kashta, Lefter
• Papastergiadou, Eva

Titel

A survey of the benthic aquatic flora in transitional water systems of Greece and Cyprus (Mediterranean Sea)

Ist Teil von

• Botanica marina, 2011-04, Vol.54 (2), p.169-178

Ort / Verlag

Walter de Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Seasonal samples of macrophytes were collected from April 2003 to May 2010 from the most important transitional water systems of western Greece (nine coastal lagoons) and Cyprus (two coastal saline lakes, Akrotiri and Alyki Larnaca's). Our aim was to summarize, list and provide a full inventory of benthic aquatic flora recorded in these transitional water systems. The 60 taxa found belonged to five phyla, viz., Rhodophyta, Ochrophyta, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta and Magnoliophyta. There were 56 taxa in Greek lagoons and 16 in Cypriot water bodies. Many macroalgal species recorded in these environments form attached and unattached assemblages and play integral roles in the quality status of transitional water systems. The rare charophytes (Streptophyta) Chara tenuispina and C. hispida f. corfuensis are newly recorded for the Greek study area. In Cyprus, we found four species of charophytes (Chara aspera, C. canescens, C. vulgaris and Lamprothamnium papulosum) and two species of spermatophytes (Magnoliophyta): Althenia filiformis and Potamogeton pectinatus, which are new records for the island. Najas marina ssp. armata, P. pussilus, and Zannichelia pallustris ssp. pedicellata are new records for the study areas on Cyprus.