Marine macroalgal flora on the Aegean and the Levantine coasts of Turkey.

Keywords: marine algae; marine flora; Mediterranean Sea; Turkey EN marine algae marine flora Mediterranean Sea Turkey 231 241 11 08/09/22 20220801 NES 220801 1 Introduction Turkey is washed by four seas of different oceanographic character (i.e., sea surface salinities in the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, and on the coasts of the Aegean and the Levantine are 14-18, 20-24, and 35-38, respectively, and the corresponding temperatures are 8-11 °C, 10-12 °C, and 13-18 °C). Marine algae, marine flora, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey Taxonomy and distribution of Fucales (Phaeophyta) members on Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey. Graph: Figure 3: (a) Total taxa of marine macroalgae and (b) the relative contribution of different orders on the Aegean and the Levantine coasts of Turkey. The purpose of this paper is to present a current review of benthic marine algal species reported from the Aegean and Levantine coasts of Turkey, and also to report the occurrence of the marine red alga I Palisada maris-rubri i for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. [Extracted from the article]