Journals / Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment / 2006 / Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2

Marine Algae and Seagrasses of Hatay (Mediterranean, Turkey)

Pages
159–179
DOI
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Abstract

Abstract In this research, marine algae and seagrasses were investigated in the upper infralittoral zone of Hatay (Turkish Mediterranean coasts). A total of 377 algae and 5 seagrasses were determined. 30 of them belong to blue-green algae (Cyanophyceae), 201 to red algae [Rhodellophyceae (2), Compsopogonophyceae (2), Bangiophyceae (5), Florideophyceae (192)], 73 to brown algae (Fucophyceae), 73 to green algae [Chlorophyceae (5), Ulvophyceae (19), Trentepohliophyceae (1), Cladophorophyceae (24), Bryopsidophyceae (22), Dasycladophyceae (2)] and 5 to seagrasses (Liliopsida).