Volodina A., Gerb M.

Findings of water net Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Hydrodictyaceae, Chlorophyta) in the Curonian Lagoon [Vandentinklis Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Hydrodictyaceae, Chlorophyta) Kuršių mariose]

Abstract Green alga Hydrodictyon reticulatum was found for the first time in the Curonian Lagoon in 1936, however, it was still absent in the species lists of the algal flora of the Russian part of the Curonian Lagoon up to date. H. reticulatum was found in shallow waters (0.6 m depth) of small bays in the southern (near village Kaširskoe) and south-western (Curonian spit, 1 km to the north of the Tëplyj Bay) coasts of the Curonian Lagoon in June–July 2011. Species was found on the petioles and twigs of submerged aquatic plants Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea candida and Ceratophyllum demersum.

Doi https://doi.org/10.2478/botlit-2013-0006

Keywords Curonian Lagoon, Kaliningrad region, green alga

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