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An Outline of the Marine Littoral Diatom Biocoenosis of the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, West Africa by F. A. S. Sterrenburg; F. J. G. Sterrenburg is a Earth and Planetary Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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A survey is given of the principal characteristics of the diatom flora of the sediments of the Bane d'Arguin, an intertidal seagrass habitat in Mauritania, West Africa. The study was restricted to the autochthonous biocoenosis: allochthons were excluded by identification of intact frustules only. The majority of the taxa identified is widely distributed over the globe. The diatom assemblage is characterized by the absence of freshwater taxa, indicating minimal fluvial or aeolian supply of allochtons. An interesting phenomenon is the absence of several taxa expected to occur in this habitat. A new species, Nitzschia nienhuisii Sterrenburg et Sterrenburg, is described.

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Author

F. A. S. Sterrenburg; F. J. G. Sterrenburg

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)