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Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the surface sediments
from Izmir bay, Aegean sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Serdar Uzar, Hilal Aydin and Ersin Minareci*
Celal
Bayar University, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department
of Biology, 45140, Manisa, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
ersinminareci@gmail.com.
Tel: +90 236 2412151-2611.
Fax: +90 236 2412158
Accepted 5 January, 2010 |
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The present study was conducted on dinoflagellate cyst
assemblages from Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea subject to high human
impact. Sediment cores were taken from twelve stations.
Twenty-eight dinoflagellate cyst types, representing nine
genera, were identified. The most common cysts were those of
Lingulodinium machaerophorum, Polykrikos kofoidii,
Quinquecuspis concreta and Dubridinium caperatum.
Potentially toxic species were widely distributed in the
study area. This finding is also important to know the
seed-bank areas in the Bay of Izmir.
Key words:
Dinoflagellate cysts, cyst assemblage, cyst morphology,
Izmir Bay, surface sediments. |
