Marine algae of the West Greek coasts

Abstract

       Systematic classification, geographical as well as seaso­nal distribution of marine macrophyceae developing in photophile and sublittoral regions of hard substrates have been studied as regards the West Greek coasts. A total of which 170 taxa of algae have been recognized, 33 of which belong to Phaephyceae, 9 to Chlorophyceae, 25 to Bryopsidophyceae, 5 to Bangiophyceae, 104 to Florideophyceae and 3 to marine Phanerogams. According to Feldmann range (1937) the R/P = 3.3 ratio displays an Atlantic subtropical character of flora. C h e n e y  (1977) however, reports that the R+C+B/P = 4.33 value is indicative of a rather tropical nature of flora.