Abstract
The first complete checklist of the intertidal and subtidal marine algae (Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta and Ochrophyta) of Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam) is presented. A brief history of the species records in the bay between 1953 and 2010 is documented. A total of 481 macroalgal taxa and their forms have been found, including 275 red (57%), 121 green (25%) and 85 brown (18%) algal taxa. The data, analyzed in terms of time period, revealed shifts in the number of species in most of the taxonomic families. However, the most interesting differences between the time periods occurred in the overall algal species diversity and in the floristic ratios (red: brown: green algae). The collections sampled in 1953–1968 and those in 1982–1987 did not change significantly in either species diversity or floristic composition, but a comparison of the collections from 1953 to 1987 and from 2002 to 2010 revealed substantial differences. In 2002–2010, the absolute and relative numbers of green algal species increased while those of red and brown algal species decreased. Our background data indicate that this change is likely due to increasing seawater pollution caused by dissolved organic and inorganic substances. The increase in the number of green algal species is due primarily to the greater number of species in the Caulerpaceae, Ulvaceae and Cladophoraceae, all families that thrive in polluted water.
About the authors
Eduard A. Titlyanov, PhD is a Professor, an honored scientist of the Russian Federation, and head of the Laboratory of Physiology of Autotrophic Organisms at the Institute of Marine Biology. He is author of more than 200 scientific papers and co-author of the books Ahnfeltia tobuchiensis, Plants of Asian-Pacific region countries, their use and cultivation and Marine plants of Trinity Bay and adjacent waters (Peter the Great Bay). His current research deals with the study of the physiology, biochemistry and ecology of marine photosynthetic organisms. His more recent research has concentrated on floristic studies of the tropical and subtropical seas of the Pacific Ocean.
Tamara V. Titlyanova is a scientific researcher at the Institute of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences. She is author of more than 100 scientific papers and co-author of the book Plants of Asian-Pacific region countries, their use and cultivation, co-author of the book Marine plants of Trinity Bay and adjacent waters (Peter the Great Bay). Her present endeavor is the study of the taxonomy, physiology and ecology of marine plants in tropical and subtropical seas. Her more recent research has concentrated on decadal changes in the marine flora of the tropical and subtropical seas of the Pacific Ocean.
Oksana S. Belous, PhD, is an associate researcher at the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as an associate professor at the Far Eastern Federal University. She is author of several training manuals about marine seaweeds and their biology for use by students of the Natural Faculties, and she also co-authored the book Marine plants of Trinity Bay and adjacent waters (Peter the Great Bay). She is presently studying the systematics and ecology of marine plants in temperate, tropical and subtropical seas.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Vietnamese colleagues Pham Van Huyen and Le Nguyen Hau for accompaniment and help in algal sampling. This study was partially supported by the grant No. 12-04-01424 from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and by the grant No. 8.3.21 from FEBRAS.
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