What’s new in marine botany of the Eastern Mediterranean?
Author:
Katsaros Christos1, Orfanidis Sotiris2ORCID, Küpper Frithjof C.345
Affiliation:
1. Department of Biology , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Panepistimiopolis , Athens 157 84 , Greece 2. Fisheries Research Institute (ELGO-DIMITRA) , 64007, Nea Peramos , Kavala , Greece 3. School of Biological Sciences, Cruickshank Building, University of Aberdeen , St. Machar Drive , Aberdeen AB24 3UU , Scotland , UK 4. Department of Chemistry , Marine Biodiscovery Centre, University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen AB24 3UE , Scotland , UK 5. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , San Diego State University , San Diego , CA , 92182-1030 , USA
Abstract
Abstract
This article provides a topical review of East Mediterranean phycology and seagrass biology, with a special focus on the outcomes of the multi-year project “Brown algal biodiversity and ecology in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea” supported by the TOTAL Foundation. Following a general overview of East Mediterranean seaweed biogeography and taxonomy, the review covers seagrasses, deep-water (circalittoral) macroalgal diversity, pathogens and algal defence, human impacts and biotic indices, alien species as well as the papers of this special issue.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Plant Science,Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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