%0 Journal Article
%T Observations on aerophytic cyanobacteria and algae from ten caves in the Ojc車w National Park
%A Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska
%J Acta Agrobotanica
%D 2013
%I Polish Botanical Society
%R 10.5586/aa.2013.005
%X This study, carried out in 2010每11, focuses on species composition and distribution of cyanobacterial and algal communities colonizing ten caves (Bia a, Ciemna, Koziarnia, Krakowska,  okietka, Okopy Wielka Dolna, S spowska, Sypialnia, Zb車jecka and Z odziejska Caves) in the Ojc車w National Park (South Poland). A total of 85 taxa were identified, 35 of them belonging to cyanobacteria, 30 chlorophytes, and 20 belonging to other groups of algae. Aerophytic cyanobacteria dominated in these calcareous habitats. Nine species, Gloeocapsa alpina, Nostoc commune, Chlorella vulgaris, Dilabifilum arthopyreniae, Klebsormidium flaccidum, Muriella decolor, Neocystis subglobosa, and Orthoseira roseana, were the most abundant taxa in all the caves. The investigated microhabitats offer relatively stable microclimatic conditions and are likely to be responsible for the observed vertical distribution of aerophytic cyanobacteria and algae.
%K algae
%K cyanobacteria
%K caves
%K Ojc車w National Park
%K Poland
%U http://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/1480