Original scientific paper

Phytocoenological study of the Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M. Irvine (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae) community from the Slovenian coast, northern Adriatic Sea

Claudio Battelli

Abstract

The Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M. Irvine community at two stations on the Slovenian coast of the northern Adriatic Sea was sampled monthly during 2002. The flora consisted of 18 species: seven Chlorophyceae, five Rhodophyceae, two Fucophyceae, and four Cyanobacteria. The diversity index indicated low community complexity at both stations (0.8 at station A and 0.5 at station B). The study also confirms the identification of the zonation of this community. A new sub-association of the upper mid-littoral zone Catenelletosum caespitosae, included in the Fucetum virsoidis Pignatti 1962 association, is described by the synecological method.

Keywords

Catenella caespitosa community; seasonal variation; floral composition; bionomical and phytocoenological position; northern Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

92

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/92

Publication date:

1.12.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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