Original scientific paper

Phytobenthos of the Island of Lokrum

Draško Šerman ; Hrvatska
Ante Špan ; Hrvatska
Zlatko Pavletić ; Hrvatska
Boris Antolić ; Hrvatska

Abstract

The summer aspect of seaweed communities of the island of Lokrum and the opposite Dubrovnik coastline was studied by the technique of free diving. Algal specimens were collected in August—September 1960 and 1961, May 1962, and in July 1974 and 1979, along many vertical and horizontal profiles within the upper, middle, and lower infralittoral zones. Among the specimens collected 234 taxa of Thallophyta and 1 species of Angiospermae were determined, belonging to the following phylla: Rhodophyta 157 taxa, Phaeophyta 38 taxa, and Chlorophyta 39 taxa.
On the ground of its geographic location, its vicinity to the coast, and the strong influence of the open sea, Lokrum seems to display transitional characteristics between the southern coastal facies and the facies of the open sea.

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Hrčak ID:

158444

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/158444

Publication date:

31.12.1981.

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