Prognostic Estimation of Species Richness of Benthic Bacillariophyta
Journal: International Journal on Algae
Year: 2013

Benthic diatoms' species richness was analyzed based on materials collected from 1996-2009 at 8 near-shore locations of SW Crimea. A total of 93 stations were sampled on sandy-muddy substrate within 6-48 m deep. In total, 433 diatom species and infraspecific taxa were found by the results of cell calculations in a Goryaev chamber and observations of permanent slides under a microscope. Prognostic estimation of the expected diatom species richness (Sexp) was performed by the application of 4 esti