Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 61 No. 2, 2002.
Original scientific paper
Planktonic Chlorophyceae from the lower Ebro River (Spain)
M.-C. Pérez
A. Comas
Río A. Del
J. Sierra
Abstract
On samples obtained in 4 seasonal periods between April 1999 and February 2000 from the last 18 km of Ebro River (Spain) some interesting planktonic coccal green algae (Chlorophyceae) were found. This paper offers comments and taxonomical observations
on 60 taxa. Crucigenia smithii (Kirchner) W. et G. S. West, Crucigeniella pulchra (W. et G.S.West) Komárek, Elakatothrix genevensis (Reverdin) Hindák, E. subacuta Koršikov,
Nephrocytium schilleri (Kammerer) Comas, Oocystidium ovale Kor{ikov, Pseudoschroederia antillarum (Komárek) Hegewald et Schnepf, Scenedesmus denticulatus var. fenestratus
(Teiling) Uherkovich, S. pannonicus Hortobágyi, Siderocelis ornata (Fott) Fott, Tetrachlorella alternans (G.M. Smith) Koršikov and Tetrastrum komarekii Hindák were found for the first time in this country. The best represented genus was Scenedesmus, with
16 taxa.
Keywords
Chlorococcales; Chlorophyta; phytoplankton; taxonomy; Ebro River; estuary; Spain
Hrčak ID:
3457
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2002.
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