Checklist of phytoplankton in the eastern Adriatic Sea

According to recent insights, the phytoplankton of the eastern Adriatic Sea is composed of 888 determined species. The diatoms were composed of 518 species (330 pennates, 176 centric diatoms), dinoflagellates 254, prymnesiophyceae101, chrysophyceae 2, raphidophyceae 1 and euglenophyceae 2 species. The list is accompanied by data on the general distribution of species in the northern, central and southern part of the eastern Adriatic Sea. The sources of data were samples collected in naturally eutrophic areas (bays, highly stratified karstic estuaries), in areas with antropogenic influence (harbours), as well as in the oligotrophic southern Adriatic: The old published data were supplemented with more recent information from the period 1981-2000.