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[논문]Species diversity of the brown alga Lobophora (Dictyotales) in the Con Co Island Marine Protected Area, Vietnam

Duc Tien Dam

Manh Linh Nguyen, Myung-Sook Kim and Christophe Vieira

We reevaluated species diversity of the brown alga
Lobophora in Vietnam’s Con Co Marine Protected Area (MPA),
where only one species had previously been reported. Integrating morphological, ecological, and molecular analyses,
we redefined the genus diversity, identifying nine species
including two new ones: L. asiatica, L. boussoleae, L. lamourouxii, L. obscura1, L. pachyventera3, L. thailandensis,
L. quangtriensis sp. nov., L. vietnamensis sp. nov., and Lobophora sp.1VNA. Lobophora variegata, the sole species previously reported, was absent. This study expands the number of
Vietnam’s documented Lobophora species to 11. This work
reevaluated Lobophora diversity in Vietnam based on a small
island, contributing valuable seaweed diversity reference
data for Con Co MPA management. Notably, within the MPA,
Lobophora species exhibited no coral-aggressiveness, potentially serving as a health indicator for coral reef communities.

online 2023.09.06/ print 2023.10.26.

https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0047