BENTHIC ALGAL FLORA OF CHERADI-ISLANDS (GULF-OF-TARANTO, MEDITERRANEAN-SEA)

Authors
CECERE E CORMACI M FURNARI G PETROCELLI A SARACINO O SERIO D
Citation
E. Cecere et al., BENTHIC ALGAL FLORA OF CHERADI-ISLANDS (GULF-OF-TARANTO, MEDITERRANEAN-SEA), Nova Hedwigia, 62(1-2), 1996, pp. 191-214
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Nova Hedwigia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295035
Volume
62
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
191 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5035(1996)62:1-2<191:BAFOC(>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The results of a floristic study of the Cheradi Islands (Gulf of Taran to, Italy) are presented. The list of taxa consists of 218 Rhodophycea e, 32 Fucophyceae, 45 Chlorophyceae and 3 Cyanophyceae. Data on reprod uctive phenology of each species are given. Of particular interest is the finding of Ceramium graecum, Chondria polyrhiza, Laurencia glandul ifera, and Polystrata fosliei. Some observations on phytobenthic commu nities are also reported, while also some notes on nomenclature are ad ded (Ceramium cimbricum f. flaccidum, Ceramium nodulosum v. barbatum).