Syntaxonomy of the winter supralittoral and pseudolittoral macroalgal communities of the North Caucasus coast of the Black Sea

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The winter supra- and pseudolittoral macroalgal communities of the northeastern part of the Russian Black Sea coast have been described, for the first time, using a floristic classification. A total of three associations, two communities, one alliance, one order, and one class have been identified. The associations and communities have been described for the first time. Diagnostic species for them are provided. The identified phytocenoses are compared with those previously described from the Black Sea based on the dominant classification method. These are also compared with similar communities in the Mediterranean Sea and other European seas. It is shown that the winter vegetation on hard substrates in the supra- and pseudolittoral zones of the northeastern Black Sea consists mainly of simple mono- or oligospecific communities, predominantly comprised of cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan species, along with a few species of Atlantic and Arctic-boreal origin.

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D. F. Afanasyev

Azov-Black Sea Branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (AzNIIRKH); Don State Technical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: dafanas@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7397-2511
Russian Federation, Rostov-on-Don, 344002; Rostov-on-Don, 344000

Sh. R. Abdullin

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: dafanas@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6946-2321
Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690022

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3. Fig. 2. Ordination analysis of winter vegetation of the supralittoral and pseudolittoral zones of the North Caucasian coast of the Black Sea. Legend: A (circle) – Blidingia minima community; B (star) – Blidingio minimae–Bangietum fuscopurpureae association; C (diamond) – Bangio fuscopurpureae–Ulothrixetum flaccae association; D (cross) – Bangio fuscopurpureae–Urosporetum penicilliformisi association; and E (triangle) – Pyropia leucosticta community.

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