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Contributo alla conoscenza della flora sommersa del porto di Pantelleria (Canale di Sicilia)

Rossella BaroneSebastiano CalvoMario Sortino

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Mediterranean climateBenthic zoneEcologyBotanyDominance (ecology)Plant ScienceBiologyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

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Abstract Some data on the benthic flora of Pantelleria Harbour (Channel of Sicily, Mediterranean).—The benthic flora of the harbour of Pantelleria includes: 10 Myxophyceae, 56 Rhodophyceae, 44 Diatomeae, 19 Phaeophyceae, 18 Chlorophyceae and 2 Angiospermae. The Rh/Ph value (2.9) is in agreement with the values found from the open-sea. A chorological examination shows a dominance of Atlantic-Mediterranean species (54.36%).

https://doi.org/10.1080/11263507809426624