Sea turtles are distributed in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide. They play several
ecological roles and are considered important indicators of the health of marine ecosystems …

Filamentous algae are often visible on the carapaces of freshwater turtles and these algae
are dominated by a few species with varying geographic distributions. Compared to …

Obligately epizoic diatoms (Bacillariophyta) on vertebrates were first described from
cetaceans, but turtles, both freshwater and marine, also host very specific floras. Several …

It has been known for a long time that marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins, host
a very specific epizoic community on their skin. Whether or not a similar community exists on …

Scrapings from several juvenile Chelonia mydas LINNAEUS (green turtle) from Eastern
Caribbean and adults from French Guiana allowed for the description of two small and …

Stauroneis smithii is considered to be a widely distributed and highly variable species
complex. So far, more than 20 infraspecific taxa have been described. In the present study …

The species of the genus Craticula are widely distributed in Europe, mostly occurring in
brackish, saline to heavily polluted waters. Some of the species are considered as being …

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies Page 1 I nternational J ournalof O ceanographyand
H ydrobiology 1PSL University Paris: CNRS-UPVD-EPHE, USR3278 CRIOBE, France …

The Euphrates-Tigris catchment area is one of the major drainage basins in the Middle East
but climate change, overuse of waters and subsequent salinization has brought this region …

Environmental factors and diatoms were studied in 151 stations in Cypriot streams. Since
Navicula simplex Krasske [new combination: Craticula simplex (Krasske) Levkov] is based …