Yucatan seaweeds from the offshore waters of Isla Mujeres, Ouintana Roo, Mexico

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作者
Catalina Mendoza-Gonzalez, A. [1 ]
Elena Mateo-Cid, Luz [1 ]
Searles, Richard B. [2 ]
机构
[1] Escuela Nacl Ciencias Biol, Dept Bot, Lab Ficol, IPN, Mexico City 11340, DF, Mexico
[2] Duke Univ, Dept Biol, Durham, NC 27708 USA
关键词
biogeography; Caribbean sea; ecology; Mexico; seaweeds;
D O I
10.1515/BOT.2007.032
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Seaweeds in the offshore waters of Isla Mujeres, in the western Caribbean Sea on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula, were sampled using SCUBA. Three species of Cyanophyta, 90 Rhodophyta, 21 Ochrophyta and 41 Chlorophyta were identified. New records and earlier accounts of the shallow-water flora around the island indicate a rich flora of 400 taxa. Five localities around the island were sampled and each had a distinctive community of seaweeds. Over two-thirds (104) of the 155 taxa identified were present at only one of the five localities, and only one species was present in all five localities.
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页码:280 / 287
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