TY -JOUR
AU -Su-fang Huang
TI -Floristic Studies on the Benthic Marine Algae of Northeastern Taiwan
PY -1999
DA -0000-00-00
JO -Taiwania
VL -44
IS -2
SP -271
EP -298
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/137
AB -The composition, distribution, seasonal succession and phytogeographic affinities of the benthic marine algae in the northeastern Taiwan were studied. A total of 50 families, 105 genera and 179 species of marine algae were identified, including 3 species of Cyanophyta, 42 species of Chlorophyta, 27 species of Phaeophyta and 107 species of Rhodophyta. Among them, 9 species are new records in Taiwan. There are 42 families and 52 species of algae appeared in all sampling stations, which are representatives of the major algal community of northeastern Taiwan. The Jaccard’s similarities of composition were over 40% between the sampling stations. Based on the analysis with UPGMA-method, it can be divided into 2 clusters, with station I (Nan-ya) as a separate cluster and stations II to VI as a joint one. With respect to vertical distribution, 8 species of the marine algae grow along the supralittoral fringe, 25 species on the upper and middle littoral zone, 85 species on the lower littoral zone and 143 species in the sublittoral zone. Most of species are seasonal and more abundant in winter and spring than in summer and autumn. The seasonal succession occurs twice between December-January and August-September. According to the phytogeographic study, it was found that the algal flora of northeastern Taiwan is mainly tropical, together with a number of temperate species. Their distributions are closely related to the meeting of the warm Kuroshio Current and the cold China Coastal Current.
DO -10.6165/tai.1999.44(2).271