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The occurrence of Agardhiella ramosissima (Gigartinales) and Acanthophora spicifera (Ceramiales) in the Texas Coastal Bend.

Publication: The Texas Journal of Science
Publication Date: 01-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The occurrence of Agardhiella ramosissima (Gigartinales) and Acanthophora spicifera (Ceramiales) in the Texas Coastal Bend.(GENERAL NOTES)(Report)

Article Excerpt
The algal flora of the Texas coast is largely of tropical affinity; however, a distinctive cool temperature element develops during the winter and early spring (Edwards & Kapraun 1973). This range in water temperatures gives the Texas coast a variation of macroalgae characteristic of both surrounding areas and the tropics. Studies along the Texas coastline over the past few decades have contributed to new taxa for those areas (e.g.Kapraun 1980, Medlin 1984, Wardle 1992).

The Corpus Christi Bay area is now known to support at least 112 species of algae (Lehman 1999). Within this list, 24 additional species of macroalgae are reported that had not been previously noted in the Corpus Christi Bay area by past research, nine of which have a tropical affinity.

A study was recently completed of the colonization of macroalgae along the rocky jetties of Packery Channel (27[degrees]36.836' N; 97[degrees]12.044' W), a new man-made tidal inlet opened in 2006 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Macroalgae were sampled during bimonthly destructive sampling from September 2006 thru March 2007. Specimens were obtained by...

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