Original scientific paper

Cryoseston in Stara Planina (Balkan) Mountains, Bulgaria

Jaromir Lukavsky ; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Botany, Department of Plant Ecology, Centre for Bioindication and Revitalisation, Třeboň, the Czech Republi
Vladislav Cepák ; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Botany, Department of Plant Ecology, Centre for Bioindication and Revitalisation, Třeboň, the Czech Republi

Abstract

Numerous snow fields persisted in the Stara Planina (Central Balkan) Mountains, some with a very light tint, but with dirty surfaces, at the end of May 2009. The cryoseston community was quite different in individual snow fields. We found Chlorophyta: zygospores of Chloromonas nivalis and Chloromonas rostafiñski, Chromophyta: Chromulina elegans, Bacillariophyceae: Aulacoseira granulata var. angustissima, Aulacoseira italica, Cyclotella menenghiniana, Navicula nivalis, Hantzschia amphioxys, Fungi: Chionaster nivalis and Selenotila nivalis. Alpine species such as Chlamydomonas nivalis were not found in the snow fields studied, even though they were located in the alpine zone.

Keywords

Cryoseston; Stara Planina (Balkan); Bulgaria

Hrčak ID:

59728

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59728

Publication date:

17.10.2010.

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