Identification and biomass of macroalgae in intertidal zone of Bushehr Province

Subject Areas : Marine Biology

P. Nejatkhah Manavi ¹ , F. Rafiee ² , S. Shariat zadeh ³ , Sh. Seifi ⁴

1 - Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
2 - Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
3 - Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch
4 - Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch Abstract

Received: 2010-11-04 Accepted : 2010-12-10 Published : 2011-03-19

Keywords: biomass, Bushehr, Persian Gulf, Red algae, brown algae, Green algae,

Abstract :

In this research, identification and biomass of macroalgae in Jofreh, Naftkesh, Daneshjo, Lian sights in Bushehr Province in winter 1388 (2010) at low, mid and high intertidal zone have been studied. Sampling was done randomly with 0.5 m2 quadrate. Totally 9 genera of green, red and brown macro algae were recognized. Maximum and minimum biomass of algae belonged to brown and green algae with 2166/7and 687g/m2, respectively. The green algae  Codium, sp., Chaetomorpha, sp. , Chatomotpha gracilis and the red algae   Hypnea sp., Gracillaria, sp., Laurencia,sp. , Gracillara corticata, Laurencia papillosa and Laurencia obtuse , also 6 brown algae including Sargassum sp., Padina sp., Colpomenia sp. , Cystoseria sp. ,Colpomenia sinuosa and Cystoseria fimbriata, were recognized. Key words: