PART II. ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ALGAE

Introduction

Biotopical characteristics (Biotop.): P – plancton, P-B – planton-benthos, B – bentos organisms, ep - epiphyton

Temperature characteristics (Temp.): evr. – evritermic, t. – warm water, c.- cold water.

Reophilous (reoph.): reo. – reophilous, st. – reophobic, r.-s. – indifferentic organisms.

Halophilous (Hal.): oh – oligohalob, hl – halophyl, i – indifferent, hb – halophob, mh – mesohalob.

(pH): acf – acidophil, ind – indifferent, alf – alcaliphil, alb – alcalibiont.

(S,D) – Trophic index

Geographic (Geo.): k – kosmopolit, b – boreal, a-a – arcto-alpic.