Ecological-floristic analysis of soil algae and cyanobacteria on the Tra-Tau and Yurak-Tau Mounts, Bashkiria

• Published in: Eurasian soil science Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. 873 - 881
• Main Authors: Bakieva, G. R., Khaibullina, L. S., Gaisina, L. A., Kabirov, R. R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.09.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; Analysis; Bacillariophyta; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Cyanobacteria; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Eustigmatophyta; Flora; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Hantzschia amphioxys; Klebsormidium flaccidum; Leptolyngbya; Mountains; Navicula minima; Nostoc punctiforme; Phormidium; Phormidium autumnale; Pinnularia borealis; Soil analysis; Soil Biology; Soil properties; Soil sciences; Species composition; Xanthophyta; Biological Soil Crust; Soil Alga; EURASIAN Soil Science; Algal Flora; Soil Crust
• ISSN: 1064-2293; 1556-195X
• DOI: 10.1134/S1064229312030027

The species composition of the soil algae and cyanobacteria in the Tra-Tau and Yurak-Tau mountains is represented by 136 species belonging to five phyla: Cyanobacteria (56 species), Chlorophyta (52 species), Xanthophyta (13 species), Bacillariophyta (12 species), and Eustigmatophyta (3 species). Hantzschia amphioxys var. amphioxys, Hantzschia amphioxys var. constricta, Klebsormidium flaccidum, Leptolyngbya foveolarum, Luticola mutica, Navicula minima var. minima, Nostoc punctiforme, Phormidium jadinianum, Phormidium autumnale , and Pinnularia borealis were identified more often than other species. The composition of the algal flora depended on the soil properties; the higher plants also had a significant influence on the species composition of the soil algae.