Providing a national database for seaweeds and seagrasses- Phase 1: The relevant conducted studies
Considering the importance of seaweeds and seagrasses and with regards to the rich natural resources of these plants in the Iranian coastal waters, especially in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. Providing a comprehensive science-based databank will play an effective role in making the logical decisions of the relevant managers and national authorities. In other words, by implementing this project, we can identify the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant information available at the national level and provide it to the researchers as well as to the scientific and administrative planners of the country to spend national budget in line with needs and with more scientific and logical advance. The main objective of this project is to collect and classify the results of nationally conducted studies on seaweeds and seagrasses of the country to establish a relevant databank for performing of better programms in future. This project be performed with research in internet, look for in libraries, universities and related organizations and even directly be connected to related persons from middle of 2016 to middle of 2017 about one year. As, the seaweeds and seagrass were marine, all of researching performed in Oman sea coasts located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province and the Persian Gulf coasts located in Hormozgan Province. Because, none activities have performed in caspian sea coasts, in result, were not information in this case. In this study, a revised checklist of macroalgae of Iran with an updated nomenclature and taxonomy has been compiled based on published records. Using currently accepted names, 309 species and infraspecific taxa of macroalgae have been identified to date, including 78 Chlorophyta (within 15 families), 70 Ochrophyta (Phaeophyceae; within 7 families) and 161 Rhodophyta (within 30 families). The brown alga Sargassum with 25 taxa was the most diverse genus, and the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta) with 36 taxa was the most species-rich family. There were some important families including green algae (Ulvaceae & Caulerpaceae), brown algae (Sargassaceae & Dictyotaceae) and red algae (Gracilariaceae, Gelidiaceae and Hypneaceae ).
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | Persian |
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Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute
2018
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| Subjects: | First phase, Seagrass, Seaweed, Information bank, Gracilariaceae, Gelidiaceae, Hypneaceae, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/14097 |
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