Botanica Pacifica

Biodiversity studies

Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation 2022. 11(2):159-167
Article first published online: 29 AUG 2022 | DOI: 10.17581/bp.2022.11211

The first records of Cyanobacteria diversity in the benthos of the Israeli Coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Ekaterina S. Miroshnichenko 1 ORCID, Sophia S. Barinova 2 ORCID & Larisa I. Ryabushko 1 ORCID

1 Moscow Representative Office of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

The work aims the study the species diversity and ecology of Cyanobacteria in the benthos on the Israeli coast of the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, 24 taxa of Cyanobacteria were found. Seven taxa were noted for the first time for this sea: Aphanocapsa incerta, Aphanothece nidulans, Chlorogloea cf. microcystoides, Pseudanabaena mucicola, Chroococcus sp., Gloeocapsopsis sp., Trichocoleus sp. Most Cyanobacteria species were benthic (90 %) and marine (67 %). There were only four indicators of saprobity, and all of them were freshwater species common in oligosaprobic and beta-mesosaprobic waters. Most species had a wide geographic distribution. Species marked of boreal (10 %), boreal-tropical (38 %), arctic-boreal-tropic (29 %) and cosmopolites (24 %) groups. The species richness of Cyanobacteria increased in the sites with the maximal anthropogenic loads from industrial and urban areas of the central Israel, and the minimal ones were in the protected areas.

Мирошниченко Е.С., Баринова С.С., Рябушко Л.И. Первые данные о разнообразии цианобактерий в бентосе израильского побережья Средиземного моря. Работа направлена на изучение видового разнообразия и экологии цианобактерий бентоса израильского побережья Средиземного моря. В результате найдено 24 вида цианобактерий. Для моря впервые отмечено семь видов: Aphanocapsa incerta, Aphanothece nidulans, Chlorogloea cf. microcystoides, Pseudanabaena mucicola, Chroococcus sp., Gloeocapsopsis sp., Trichocoleus sp. Большинство видов Cyanobacteria являются бентосными (90 %) и морскими (67 %). Показателей сапробности отмечено всего четыре, которые относятся к пресноводным видам, обитающим в олигосапробных и бета-мезосапробных водах. Большинство видов имеют широкое географическое распространение. Отмечены бореальные (10 %), бореально-тропические (38 %), аркто-бореально-тропические (29 %) и космополитные (24 %) группы. Видовое богатство цианобактерий увеличивалось на станциях с максимальными антропогенными нагрузками со стороны промышленных и городских районов центрального Израиля, а минимальными – на охраняемых природных территориях.

Keywords: Cyanobacteria, benthos, diversity, ecology, phytogeography, environmental variables, Mediterranean Sea, Israeli coast, цианобактерии, бентос, разнообразие, экология, фитогеография, факторы окружающей среды, Средиземное море, побережье Израиля

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