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Ana Veloso
Leonor Keating
Abu Qir Bay, Alexandria, Egypt
Abu Qir Bay is located in Abu Qir Peninsula and is considered an estuary that extends for about 63 km from El-Montazah in the west to Rosetta mouth of the Nile River in the east and extends northward to about 40 km in the Mediterranean Sea. The maximum depth of the Bay reaches 16 m, while the surface area is about 360 km2.
It receives different pollutants contributing to various waste source categories discharged through three main openings - El-Tabia pumping station, outlet of Lake Edku and Rosetta mouth of the Nile River. Besides, there are industrial wastes discharged directly into the bay daily.
The Bay is famous since it was the scene of the Battle of Nile in 1798.
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| Description: |
Pterocladiella capillacea is a cartilaginous, dark purplish-red, flattened fronds seaweed with 2 mm wide, to 200 mm high. Could be pinnate or bipinnate and it’s often bare at base with branches opposite or alternate, often tapering at both ends and presents fronds in loose tuft from a rhizoidal base. It’s a marine species usually seen in large pools and lagoons in the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal. It is common in Europe, North and South America, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean Islands. |
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Pterocladiella Santelices & Hommersand |
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Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand |
