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Contribution to the Study of Aquatic Macrophytes from Musura Bay (Danube Delta, Romania)



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Daciana Sava, Manuela Diana Samargiu and Gabriela Mihaela Paraschiv

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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2015.12.002

Danube Delta—a unique, young and continuing growing region, is a favorable place for developing a unique flora and fauna with many rare and protected species in Europe. Even though the terrestrial environment is present in the area, the predominance of the aquatic environment led to the existence of a particular macrophytic flora. At the contact point of the sea-water and freshwater, physical, chemical and biological processes occur. As a consequence, researchers consider these coastal waters special ecosystem, in which Musura bay is the most representative one. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of aquatic submerged and floating macrophytes. The present study took place over two years (2013-2014). In each year, a number of expeditions were made in different seasons in order to observe the diverse flora and flora associations. This due to seasonal variation in water quality, and might be a significantly seasonality of the vegetation also. The importance of the studies regarding flora of the Danube Delta, consist in the fact that the plants in this area are of social and economical importance, but also very important for environmental conservation.

Danube Delta, Musura bay, aquatic macrophytes