The Digital Academic Repository of Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) · 1993 · 46 citations · 0 references
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Life SciencesMarine BiologyMarine SciencesCoral Reef BiologyCoral Reef EcologyMarine EcologyAlgal ClassificationAlgal SystematicsAlgal TaxonomyGreen AlgaeMarine AlgaeSeaweed CultureChlorophyta TaxonomyMarine Green AlgaeNew Species RecordsRhodophyta TaxonomySeaweed BiodiversitySeaweed EcologySeaweed IdentificationSeaweed Taxonomy
Seaweeds are important componentsof tropical reef systems. The present paper deals with the Chlo-rophyta, Phaeophyta and noncoralline Rhodophyta collected by the first author in the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia, during the Buginesia-III project (November 1988-November 1990). Additional collections from this area by Keblusek (July 1991-October 1991)were also studied and the results are incorporated in the present paper. The results of the present study are compared with those of the Siboga Expedition (1899-1900), of the Danish Expedition to the Kei Islands (1914-1916),and of the Snellius-IIExpedition (1985). In total, 199 taxa (80 Chlorophyta belong-