Algofloristic finds in the reserved water area at the Cape Martyan (Black Sea)
Data about 8 taxa of phytobenthos, firstly recorded for «Mys Martyan» Nature Reserve, are presented. The research was conducted on a stationary monitoring site within the boundaries of supra-, pseudo- and sublittoral zones during the spring-summer period of 2017. The research object: benthic micro- and macrophytes from orders Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta and Cyanobacteria; the nomenclature and the systematic position are given according to the data of the electronic resource AlgaeBase (http://www.algaebase.org). Species, previously haven't been recorded in Martyan, were identified in the samples: in the supralittoral zone - Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemm.) Anagn. et Komárek (first record for Crimean Coast and North Black Sea coastal area); in the pseudolittoral and sublittoral zone - Polysiphonia breviarticulata (C. Agardh) Zanardini; in the sublittoral zone - Spongomorpha aeruginosa (L.) C. Hoek (first record for the hydrobotanical area «Southern Coast os Crimea»); Myriactula rivulariae (Suhr ex Aresch.) Feldmann; Myrionema seriatum (Reinke) Kylin.; Polysiphonia arenaria Kütz.; P. subulata (Ducluz.) Kütz.; Titanoderma pustulatum (J. V. Lamour.) Nägeli (first record for the hydrobotanical area «Southern Coast os Crimea»). The results of the research deepen knowledge about the level of natural phytodiversity of the protected object, the hydrobotanical area and the region as a whole. To clarify this information, as well as to identify possible causes of such changes, monitoring of phytobenthos will be continued in the protected water area and adjacent areas.