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<p>The representatives of the genus Compsopogon Montagne in Bory et Durieaux (Rhodophyta) are basically tropical or subtropical algae. In central Europe they are only found in aquaria and in water bodies affected by thermal effluents, like the species C. aeruginosus (J. Agardh) Kützing in the Pulkau River (Austria), a tributary of the Dyje /Thaya River (Austria, Czech Republic). The first observation of this species was made in 2007 in the Pulkau River. In autumn 2010 the species was also observed at lower densities in an approximately 20 km section of the Dyje/Thaya River between the mouth of the Pulkau River (A) and the Nové Mlýny Reservoir (CR). Recently, the species was found also in Skryjský Brook, a tributary of the Jihlava River, below the cooling water effluent from the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, South Moravia, Czech Republic. This is the second finding of representatives of the genus Compsopogon in rivers in central Europe.</p>
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The representatives of the genus Compsopogon Montagne in Bory et Durieaux (Rhodophyta) are basically tropical or subtropical algae. In central Europe they are only found in aquaria and in water bodies affected by thermal effluents, like the species C. aeruginosus (J. Agardh) Kützing in the Pulkau River (Austria), a tributary of the Dyje /Thaya River (Austria, Czech Republic). The first observation of this species was made in 2007 in the Pulkau River. In autumn 2010 the species was also observed at lower densities in an approximately 20 km section of the Dyje/Thaya River between the mouth of the Pulkau River (A) and the Nové Mlýny Reservoir (CR). Recently, the species was found also in Skryjský Brook, a tributary of the Jihlava River, below the cooling water effluent from the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, South Moravia, Czech Republic. This is the second finding of representatives of the genus Compsopogon in rivers in central Europe.

New records of Compsopogon aeruginosus (Rhodophyta) in rivers of central Europe

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The representatives of the genus Compsopogon Montagne in Bory et Durieaux (Rhodophyta) are basically tropical or subtropical algae. In central Europe they are...

New records of Compsopogon aeruginosus (Rhodophyta) in rivers of central Europe

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 412 - 419

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0097-4

Keywords
Compsopogon aeruginosus, Pulkau River, Dyje/Thaya River, Skryjský Brook, heated waste waters, invasive species

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

New records of Compsopogon aeruginosus (Rhodophyta) in rivers of central Europe

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 412 - 419

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0097-4

KeywordsCompsopogon aeruginosus, Pulkau River, Dyje/Thaya River, Skryjský Brook, heated waste waters, invasive species

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Compsopogon aeruginosus, Pulkau River, Dyje/Thaya River, Skryjský Brook, heated waste waters, invasive species