title: Diatoms of Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) Epiphyton from the Black and Aegean Seas
abstract: Species diversity of epiphytic Bacillariophyta inhabiting benthic green alga Bryopsis plumosa in the Black (the bays of the Crimean coast) and Aegean (coasts of Rhodes and Monsell bank) seas was studied. A list of 54 taxa belonging to 3 classes, 12 orders, 25 families, and 35 genera is presented. Thirty-six species were found in the Quarantine, Cossack, and Koktebel bays of the Black Sea, and 28 species - in the samples from the Aegean Sea. Most of the species (more than 90%) are known as benthi
journal: International Journal on Algae