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An Inventory of Benthic Flora in the Intertidal and Upper Subtidal Zones of Troitsa Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan)

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The species composition of macrophytic algae in Troitsa Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan) was studied from June to September in 2004–2018. A total of 111 macrophytes were found, of which 28 were epiphytes. The phylum Rhodophyta was the most diverse group represented by 58 species (or 54% of the total number of identified species); the phylum Ochrophyta (class Phaeophyceae) was represented by 35 species (32%); the phylum Chlorophyta, by 15 species (14%); 3 species of sea grasses (3%) were also recorded. The species diversity increased from the intertidal to subtidal zones. There were 23 plant communities identified in the intertidal and upper subtidal zones of Troitsa Bay.

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We are sincerely grateful to A.L. Drozdov for his assistance in organizing the algae sampling, to A.V. Skriptsova for the critical review of the manuscript and important comments, and to M.S. Belous for his help in collecting the material.

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    O. S. Belous, T. V. Titlyanova & E. A. Titlyanov

  2. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022, Vladivostok, Russia

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Belous, O.S., Titlyanova, T.V. & Titlyanov, E.A. An Inventory of Benthic Flora in the Intertidal and Upper Subtidal Zones of Troitsa Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan). Russ J Mar Biol 46, 472–484 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074020060048

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