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标题：INVENTORY OF AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN FLORA IN FLUVIAL CORRIDORS OF A MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND
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作者：Katerina Kostara ; Konstantinos Stefanidis ; Epaminondas Giannouris 等
期刊名称：Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：1018-4619
出版年度：2015
卷号：24
期号：6A
页码：2179-2192
语种：English
出版社：PSP Publishing
摘要：Rivers in semi-arid climates are extremely sensitive to hydrological and anthropogenic pressures. However, they have been poorly studied, especially in east Mediterranean countries. In Cyprus, the freshwater flora of fluvial corridors has not been extensively investigated. In this paper, an updated inventory of aquatic and riparian flora from permanent mountainous and temporary Mediterranean rivers of Southern Cyprus, is presented. During this study, a total of 57 stream sites located in 17 river basins were surveyed. The freshwater flora was surveyed during the vegetation periods (March to May) of the years 2007 to 2010 and a total of 97 aquatic and 169 riparian taxa were recorded. Among them, 22 taxa belonging mainly to charophytes and bryophytes floristic groups were reported for the first time in Cyprus. Aquatic and riparian species diversity was distributed unevenly in the investigated fluvial corridors of Cyprus. The maximum species number occured in Diarizos river (81) basin and the least (4) in Elias river. Overall, this work provides an updated inventory and an overview of plant diversity in the most important aquatic and riparian ecosystem, of the island and is aimed at providing the knowledge required to support conservation actions in the river basins of Southern Cyprus.
关键词：aquatic and riparian flora; temporary and permanent river; macrophytes diversity; Mediterranean rivers; Cyprus