Abstract
Tidal pools in the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast have received relatively little attention in spite of their considerable richness in species and wide distribution in the region.
This paper presents the first characterization of the algal flora of this region. It analyzes the number and composition of species of the tidal pools of six localities with regard to geographical distribution and its seasonal variations as well as tidal level. 97 species are reported, 25 Chlorophyta, 23 Phaeophyta, 34 Rhodophyta and 15 Cyanophyta.
Of that total of species, 63% were found in one locality, 23.7% in two, 11.3% in three and 1% in 4 or 5 localities. Not one species was common to all of the pools.
The highest number of species was found on pools of the middle and low intertidal where the Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta were the most abundant algae. Cyanophyta was more common in the supralittoral and high intertidal pools.
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León, H., Fragoso, D., León, D., Candelaria, C., Serviere, E., González-González, J. (1993). Characterization of tidal pool algae in the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast. In: Chapman, A.R.O., Brown, M.T., Lahaye, M. (eds) Fourteenth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 85. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1998-6_24
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