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Checklist of marinealgae and seagrasses from the ponds of the Pelican Cays, Belize
| Title: | Checklist of marinealgae and seagrasses from the ponds of the Pelican Cays, Belize. |
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| Name(s): |
Littler, Diane S. Littler, Mark M. Brooks, Barrett L. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2000 | |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Press | |
| Place of Publication: | Washington | |
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| Extent: | 57 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007099 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
One hundred and fifty two species of marine macrophytes (148 algae and 4 vascular
plants) were recorded from ponds (embayments, bays, coves, and lagoons) within the Pelican
Cays, a recently recognized atoll-like system of the Rhomboid Cays in the Central Province of
the Belize Barrier Reef. Of the algae, 64 were Rhodophyta, 59 Chlorophyta, 16 Phaeophyta, and
9 Cyanophyta; 4 Magnoliophyta also were present. This unusually high marine plant biodiversity
(for such a small geographic area) can be traced to the unique commingling of four major
biomes-mangrove, coral, seagrass, and algal-under stable oligotrophic conditions (as indicated,
for example, by the area's consistently "gin-clear" waters). Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1332 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Littler, D. S., Littler, M. M., & Brooks, B. L. (2000). Checklist of marine algae and seagrasses from the ponds of the Pelican Cays, Belize. |
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| Subject(s): |
Pelican Cays (Belize) Seagrasses Marine algae Ponds |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007099 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
