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- Title
Large red cyanobacterial mats (Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont) in the shallow sublittoral of the southern Baltic.
- Authors
Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Maria; Balazy, Piotr; Kobos, Justyna; Wiktor, Józef; Zajączkowski, Marek; Moskal, Wojciech
- Abstract
We report the first observation of large red cyanobacterial mats in the southern Baltic Sea. The mats (up to 2.5 m in diameter) were observed by SCUBA divers at 7.7 m depth on loamy sediments in the Gulf of Gdańsk in mid-November 2013. The main structure of the mat was formed by cyanobacteria Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont; a number of other cyanobacteria, diatoms and nematode species were also present. After a few days in the laboratory, the red trichomes of S. subsalsa started to turn blue-green in colour, suggesting the strong chromatic acclimation abilities of this species.
- Subjects
BALTIC Sea; GULF of Gdansk (Poland &; Russia); SPIRULINA; CYANOBACTERIA; SUBLITTORAL ecology; NEMATODES
- Publication
Oceanologia, 2014, Vol 56, Issue 3, p661
- ISSN
0078-3234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5697/oc.56-3.661