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Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE VEGETATION (ATHENS, 12-13 DECEMBER 2003)<br />

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Fig. 3. Dendrogram depicting mutual floristic similarities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> floras <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> three FAO sectors.<br />

Fig. 4. Dendrogram depicting mutual chorological similarities <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> floras <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> three FAO sectors.<br />

In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> last years, three check-lists <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Mediterranean</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fucophyceae, Chlorophyceae and<br />

Ceramiales, based <strong>on</strong> references since 1950, were compiled by Ribera et al. (1992),<br />

Gallardo et al. (1993) and Gómez Garreta et al. (2001), respectively. From such papers<br />

we drew lists <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fucophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Ceramiales <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> five <str<strong>on</strong>g>Mediterranean</str<strong>on</strong>g> areas<br />

delimited as follows: (SPA) Spain, (FRA) France, (GTR) Greece and Turkey, (LEL) Libya,<br />

Egypt and Levant States (Syria, Leban<strong>on</strong> and Israel), (MAT) Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.<br />

Then, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> above lists were compared with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> corresp<strong>on</strong>ding systematic lists <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Italian<br />

coast (ITA). From this comparis<strong>on</strong> it resulted that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specific and infraspecific<br />

taxa accepted for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Mediterranean</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sea is 243 Fucophyceae, 178 Chlorophyceae and<br />

260 Ceramiales (Table 3). Italy and France resulted <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> richest in species areas with 215<br />

(82.7%) and 214 Ceramiales (82.3%), 205 (84.3%) and 157 (64.6%) Fucophyceae,<br />

154 (86.5%) and 122 (68.5%) Chlorophyceae, respectively. C<strong>on</strong>versely, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> LEL area<br />

resulted <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> poorest in species with <strong>on</strong>ly 128 (49.2%) Ceramiales, 74 (30.4%)<br />

Fucophyceae and 72 (40.4%) Chlorophyceae (Table 3). Species comm<strong>on</strong> to all areas are<br />

90 Ceramiales (34.6%), 54 Fucophyceae (22.2%) and 48 Chlorophyceae (29.9%) while<br />

very few resulted <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sole <strong>on</strong>es: 12 (4.6%), 30 (12.3%), 21 (11.7%) at Italy; 3 (1.1%),

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