%0 Journal Article %A Gerasimiuk, V. P. %A Kovtun, O. A. %D 2014 %I Begell House %K algae, species diversity, microphytobenthos, the Red Sea %N 1 %P 57-67 %R 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v16.i1.40 %T Species Diversity of Microphytobenthos of the Red Sea (Egypt) %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/7dd4467e7de5b7ef,1b3ba09e1acfc644,68e0625643f68c9e.html %V 16 %X In the Red Sea near Hurghada city 289 species of microphytobenthos belonging to 98 genera, 51 families, 32 orders, 8 classes, and 4 divisions of algae were found. Among them, 100 species are new records for the algal flora of the Red Sea. Most of the revealed species (268 taxa) belong to diatoms; the rest are cyanophytes (15), dinoflagellates (5) and chrysophytes (1). %8 2014-02-27