Preliminary observations on the benthic marine algae of the Gorringe seabank (northeast Atlantic Ocean)

Tittley, Ian; Álvaro, Nuno Miguel Vaz; Neto, Ana I.

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Tittley, Ian

Álvaro, Nuno Miguel Vaz

Neto, Ana I.

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Examination of marine samples collected in 2006 from the Gettysburg and Ormonde seamounts on the Gorringe seabank southwest of Portugal has revealed 29 benthic Chlorophyta, Phaeophyceae (Ochrophyta), and Rhodophyta that were identified provisionally to genus and to species. Combining lists for the present and a previous expedition brings the total of algae thus far recorded to 48. The brown alga Zonaria tournefourtii and the red alga Cryptopleura ramosa were the most abundant species in the present collections. The kelp Laminaria ochroleuca was present only in the Gettysburg samples while Saccorhiza polyschides was observed only on the Ormonde seamount. Comparisons with the benthic marine algae recorded on seamounts in the mid-Atlantic Azores archipelago show features in common, notably kelp forests of L. ochroleuca at depths below 30 m and Z. tournefortii dominance in shallower waters.

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Benthic Algae Gorringe Seabank Northeast Atlantic Seamounts Rocky Subtidal

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3128

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Tittley I, Álvaro NV, Neto AI (2014). Preliminary observations on the benthic marine algae of the Gorringe seabank (northeast Atlantic Ocean). Helgoland Marine Research, 68(2): 307-312, DOI 10.1007/s10152-014-0391-6.