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The taxonomic structure of phytoplankton populations of southern coast of Murcia region were studied from January 2006 to January 2007. A total number of 243 taxa were identified: diatom was the most diverse algal group with 134 taxa (55%), followed by dinoflagellates with 67 (28%) and coccolithophorids with 33 taxa (14%). The groups represented by lowest number of species were Chrysophyceae with 6 (2.5%), Eustigmatophyceae with 1 (0.4%) and Euglenophyceae with 1 (0.4%). Only a floristic report has been already published for northern part of Murcian region (Ros and Miracle, 1984) and this is the first report of phytoplankton on the southern coast of region. A similar qualitative composition of the phytoplankton but with higher values has been found in a recent study in Alborán Sea (Mercado et al., 2005).
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Bouza, N., Aboal, M. (2008). Checklist of Phytoplankton on the South Coast of Murcia (SE Spain, SW Mediterranean Sea). In: Evangelista, V., Barsanti, L., Frassanito, A.M., Passarelli, V., Gualtieri, P. (eds) Algal Toxins: Nature, Occurrence, Effect and Detection. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8480-5_6
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