TY - BOOK ID - 135543848 TI - The mesophotic, coral reef-associated, marine algal flora of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea AU - Ruiz Torres, Héctor J. AU - Ballantine, David L. AU - Aponte, Nilda PY - 2016 PB - Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press DB - UniCat KW - Marine algae KW - Marine algae KW - Marine plants KW - Benthic plants KW - Deep-sea ecology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135543848 AB - Deep-water open-circuit SCUBA, dredging, submersible and technical mixed gas (closed-circuit) rebreather diving collections of marine benthic algae made over the last approximately 30 years in Puerto Rico are summarized in this account. In total 181 taxa (160 identified to species) (comprising 61% Rhodophyta. 12% Phaeophyceae and 27% Chlorophyta) are reported from depths greater than 35 m. Ninety-four of these, (59% of taxa identified to species) from the Puerto Rican mesophotic are thought to be the deepest known distributional records for the species recognized. Forty-three species (or 8% of the entire benthic flora of Puerto Rico) are mostly or entirely restricted to depths greater than 35 m. ER -