Check List 12(3): e19488, doi: 10.15560/12.3.1886
An updated list of marine green algae (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae) from the Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka’an, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Julio Adulfo Acosta-Calderón‡, Luz Elena Mateo-Cid§, Ángela Catalina Mendoza-González§‡ National School of Biological Science, Department of Botany, Mexico§ National School of Biological Science, Mexico
Corresponding author: Julio Acosta-Calderón ( julioseaweed@gmail.com ) © 2017 Julio Acosta-Calderón, Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, Ángela Catalina Mendoza-González. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Acosta-Calderón J, Mateo-Cid L, Mendoza-González Á (2016) An updated list of marine green algae (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae) from the Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka’an, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Check List 12(3): 1886. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1886 |  |
Abstract
In spite of it is baseline importance for comparative studies with the past and present data, an updated list of marine green algal taxa for the Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka’an is not yet available. The aim of this paper is to present an updated list of marine green algal taxa for the Sian Ka’an Reserve based on literature and collections made by the authors in 17 localities during 2011–2012. Fifty-five taxa are new records for the study area and thus the list has increased to 129. Additionally five taxa are reported for the first time to Quintana Roo, and 11 to Mexican Atlantic coast. These results contribute to the knowledge of green seaweed diversity and also support the relevance of the Sian Ka’an Reserve as a high priority area for conservation due to their high level of algal biodiversity.
Keywords
inventory; new records; seasonality; epiphytism; substrate; Caribbean