RT Journal Article
ID 3292ccf3604590eb
A1 Mikhailyuk, Tetyana I.
A1 Vinogradova, O. M.
T1 Algal flora of the caves and grottoes of the National Nature Park "Podilsky Tovtry" (Ukraine)
JF International Journal on Algae
JO IJA
YR 2009
FD 2009-07-30
VO 11
IS 3
SP 289
OP 304
K1 algae
K1 taxonomic composition
K1 ecology
K1 caves
K1 grottoes
K1 limestones
K1 National Nature Park "Podilsky Tovtry"
K1 Ukraine
AB In five limestone speleoobjects (two caves and three grottoes) of the National Nature Park "Podilsky Tovtry" 86 species (87 infraspecific taxa) were revealed. They belong to <i>Cyanoprokaryota</i> (35 species), <i>Chlorophyta</i> (35), <i>Bacillariophyta</i> (7), <i>Xanthophyta</i> (4), <i>Streptophyta</i> (3), <i>Eustigmatophyta</i> (2). 56 species are first cited for National Park, and eight species are new for Ukraine. In the grottoes 67 species were recorded; in these ecologically more comfortable habitats green algae prevailed (49&minus;58% of species composition), the share of cyanoprokaryotes made 11&minus;29%. Peculiar feature of the algal flora of caves was lower species diversity (46 species) and much greater share of cyanoprokaryotes (40&minus;70% of species composition). Light intensity was found to be the key factor managing distribution of algae in studied speleoobjects. Taxonomic structure of studied algal flora of the caves has much in common with other European caves, especially Hungarian.
PB Begell House
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