Dergiler / Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment / 2006 / Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1

Marine Algae and Seagrasses of Mersin Shore (Mediterranean, Turkey)

Sayfa
79–97
DOI
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Abstract

Abstract In this research, marine algae and seagrasses were investigated in the upper infralittoral zone of Mersin (Turkish Mediterranean coasts). A total of 396 algae and 5 seagrasses were determined. 36 of them belong to blue-green algae (Cyanophyceae), 204 to red algae [Rhodellophyceae (2), Compsopogonophyceae (2), Bangiophyceae (6), Florideophyceae(I94)], 82 to brown algae (Fucophyceae), 74 to green algae [Chlorophyceae (7), Ulvophyceae (19), Trentepohliophyceae (1), Cladophorophyceae (25), Bryopsidophyceae (20), Dasycladophyceae (2)] and 5 to seagrasses (Liliopsida ).