Algofloristic Srudies on Starichkov Island (Eastern Kamchatka)

Abstract

Data on algoflora of the sea water area of Starichkov Island (Eastern Kamchatka) - Nature Monument of the regional significance - are presented including annotated species list of marine algaemacrophytes with information on their fertility and distribution. The list was complied taking into account new data on systematics of algae and enlarged with the species previously unknown from the Pacific coast of Kamchatka: Acrochaete geniculata (Gardn.) OKelly, Pseudulvella prostrata (Gardn.) S. et G. The area of some already known species is extended: Phycodrys valentinae Seliv. et Zhigad., Erythrocladia irregularis Rosenv., Palmaria mollis (S. et G.) Van der Meer et Bird, Acrochaetium parvulum (Kylin) Hoyt. The significance of Starichkov Island for conservation of the biodiversity of Kamchatka is noted.

Keywords

• algoflora
• marine algae-macrophytes
• biodiversity
• Eastern Kamchatka