An outline of the marine littoral diatom biocoenosis of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, West Africa
Sterrenburg, F.A.S.; Sterrenburg, F.J.G. (1990). An outline of the marine littoral diatom biocoenosis of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, West Africa. Bot. Mar. 33(5): 459-465
In: Botanica Marina. Walter de Gruyter & Co: Berlin; New York. ISSN 0006-8055; e-ISSN 1437-4323, more
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Algae > Diatoms
Allochthonous deposits
Aquatic communities > Epipsammon
Biocoenosis
Biology > Organism morphology > Plant morphology
Classification > Taxonomy
Composition > Community composition
Flora > Weeds > Marine organisms > Seaweeds > Sea grass
Population characteristics > Population structure
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]
ASE, Mauritania, Arguin Bay [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Sterrenburg, F.A.S.
- Sterrenburg, F.J.G.
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| Abstract |
A survey is given of the principal characteristics of the diatom flora of the sediments of the Banc d'Arguin, an intertidal seagrass habitat in Mauritania, West Africa. The study was restricted to the autochthonous biocoenosis: allochthons were excluded by identification of intact frustules only. The majority of the taxa identified is widely distributed over the globe. The diatom assemblage is characterized by the absence of freshwater taxa, indicating minimal fluvial or aeolian supply of allochthons. An interesting phenomenon is the absence of several taxa expected to occur in this habitat. A new sp., Nitzschia nienhuisii is described. |
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