[New physiological records for Turiamo Bay, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela].
Turiamo Bay is a natural refuge area for marine species, where it is possible to find different environments that allow the growth of a rich phycoflora. Although this bay is located in Henri Pittier National Park between human settlements, studies are scarce in this area. It is a reservoir of high diversity in flora as well as fauna. In this work we present 11 new records of macroalgae that grow over dead coral plataforms east of the bay. These species are: Ulva fasciata Delile, Enteromorpha flexuosa subsp. flexuosa (Wulfen) J. Agardh, Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory de St. Vicent) Kützing, Chaetomorpha linum (Müller) Kützing and Phyllodicyton anastomosans (Harvey) Kraft & M.J. Wynne (Chlorophyta); Dictyopteris delicatula Lamouroux (Phaeophyta); Galaxaura marginata (Ellis & Solander) Lamouroux, Grateloupia doryphora J. Agardh, Gymnogongrus tenuis J. Agardh, Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) Lamouroux and Martensia fragilis Harvey (Rhodophyta).
Vera
Beatriz
B
Centro de Botánica Tropical, Instituto de Biología Experimental, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Apdo 47114. bevera@telcel.net
Foldats
Ernesto
E
D017753:Ecosystem; D012624:Seaweed / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D014687:Venezuela