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CRYPTOGAMIE ALGOLOGIE
Volume 37, Issue 4, Pages 221-232Publisher
ADAC-CRYPTOGAMIE
DOI: 10.7872/crya/v37.iss4.2016.221
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Epizoic algae; Epibionts; Emys orbicularis; plastron; carapace; temporary wetland; Camargue
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- Tour du Valat, research station
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We investigated epizoic algal assemblages on the shell of European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) during two years (2013-2014). A total of 60 Emys orbicularis were captured in the three shallow Mediterranean wetlands located in Camargue. Epizoic algae on the plastron (below the shell) and carapace (above the shell) were sampled, identified and counted. Seventy-seven epizoic algal species were identified on the carapace and plastron and comprised in 51 Bacillariophyta, 11 Chlorophyta, 7 Cyanophyta, 6 Euglenophyta, 1 Dinophyta and1Xanthophyta taxa. Our findings indicated a distinct distribution of epizoic algae according to taxonomical group density; Chlorophyta, and Cyanophyta were dominant on the carapace whereas the Xanthophyta (genus Vaucheria sp.) was dominant on the plastron. Turtleassociated algal assemblages did not differ among the wetlands
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