___

• Aktan, Y., Dede, A., Çiftçi, P.S. (2008) Mucilage event associated with diatoms and dinoflagellates in Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Harmful Algae News 36, 1-3
• Azov, Y. (1991) Eastern Mediterranean e a marine desert? Mar. Poll. Bull. 23: 225-232.
• Balkıs, N., Atabay, H., Türetgen, İ., Albayrak, S., Balkıs, H., Tüfekçi, V. (2010) Role of single-celled organisms in mucilage formation on the shores of Büyükada Island (the Marmara Sea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91(4):771-781. Bianchi, C.N., Morri, C. (2000) Marine biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Situation, problems and prospects for future research. Marine Pollution Research 40: 367-376.
• Caronni, S., Ceccherelli, G., Navone, A., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., Panzalis, P., Pinna, S., Sechi, N. (2010) Distribution and density of the benthic microalga Chrysophaeum taylorii Lewis&Bryan from northern to central-eastern Sardinian Coasts. 41st SIBM Congress Rapallo (GE) 7-11 June 266 p.
• Coll, M., Piroddi, C., Steenbeek, J., Kaschner, K., Ben Rais Lasram, F., et al. (2010) The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, patterns,
• doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011842 threats. PLoSONE 5(8):
• e11842. Danovaro, R., Fonda Umani, S., Pusceddu, A. (2009) Climate change and the potential spreading of marine mucilage and microbial pathogens in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoSONE 4(9):e7006. doi:10.1371/journal. pone. 0007006
• deBoer, M.K. (2006) Maze of Toxicity: Fibrocapsa japonica (Raphidophyceae) in Dutch coastal waters. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen, 205 pp.
• Degobbis, D., Fonda-Umani, S., Franco, P. (1995) Changes in the northern Adriatic ecosystem and the hypertrophic appearance of gelatinous aggregates. Science of the Total Environment 165, 43–58.
• DePhilippis, R., Faraloni, C., Sili, C., Vincenzini, M. (2003) Algal biocenosis in the benthic mucilaginous aggregates of the Tyrrhenian Sea, with emphasis on the exopolysaccharide-producing microalgal community. Algological Studies 109: 487-498.
• Öztürk, B. (2010) Status of alien species in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, Thirty-fourth Session, Greece. 98 pp.
• Giani, M., Degobbis, D., Rinaldi, A. (2005a) Mucilages in the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas. Science of the Total Environment 353:1–2.
• Giuliani, S., Virno Lamberti, C., Sonni, C., Pellegrini, D. (2005) Mucilage impact on gorgonians in the Tyrrhenian sea. Science of the Total Environment 353, 340–349.
• Gomez, F. (2003). Checklist of Mediterranean free-living dinoflagellates. Botanica Marina 46: 215-242.
• Guiry, M.D., Guiry, G.M. (2011) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication,
• http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2011. University of Ireland,
• Galway. Hoek, C., Mann, D.G., Jahns, H.M. (1998) Algae, an introduction to phycology. Cambridge University Press, 627 pp.
• Hoffmann L., Billard, C., Janssens M., Leruth, M., Demoulin, M. (2000). Mass development of marine benthic Sarcinochrysidales (Chrysophyceae s.l.) in Corsica. Botanica Marina, 43: 223-231.
• Janssens, M. (1996) Filamentous and mucilaginous algal blooms in a Corsican Bay (Calvi-France). Harmful algae News 15: 7.
• Leppard, G.G. (1995) The characterization of algal and microbial mucilages and their aggregates in aquatic ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment 165: 103–131 (Sp. Issue).
• Lobban, C.S., Tsuda, R.T. (2003) Revised checklist of benthic marine macroalgae and seagrasses of Guam and Micronesia. Micronesica 35/36: 54-99.
• Lobban, C.S., Honda, D., Chihara, M., Schefter, M. (1995) Chrysocystis
• Sarcinochrysidales), with notes on other macroscopic Chrysophytes (Golden Algae) on Guam reefs. Micronesica 28: 91-102.
• Luglié, A., Sata, C., Padedda, B., Pulin, S., Sechi, N. (2008) What is Chrysophaeum taylorii Lewis & Bryan doing in Sardinia (Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean)? Harmful Algae News 36: 4-6.
• Metaxatos, A., Panagiotopoulos, C., Ignatiades, L. (2003) Monosaccharide and aminoacid composition of mucilage material produced from a mixture of four phytoplanktonic taxa. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 294: 203-217.
• Rinaldi, A., Degobis, D., Vollenweider, R. (1995) Mucilages in the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas. Science of the Total Environment 353: 1-2.
• Sartoni, G., Boddi, S., Haas, J. (1995) Chrysonephos lewisii (Sarcinochrysidales, Chrysophyceae), a new record for Mediterranean algal flora. Botanica Marina 38: 121–125.
• Schaffelke, B., Heimann, K., Marshall, P.A., Ayling, A.M. (2004) Blooms of Chrysocystis fragilis on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral reefs 23: 514.
• Schiaparelli, S., Castellano, M., Povero, P., Sartoni, G., Cattaneo- Vietti, R. (2007) A benthic mucilage event in North-Western Mediterranean Sea and its possible relationships with the summer 2003 European heatwave: short term effects on littoral rocky assemblages. Marine Ecology 28: 341-353.
• Sparrow, L., Heimann, K. (2007) The influence of nutrients and temperature on the global distribution of algal blooms: Literature review. Report to the marine and tropical sciences research facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns, 28 pp.
• Streftaris, N., Zenetos, A., Papathanassiou, E. (2005) Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceonography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 43: 419-453.
• Vollenweider, R.A., Rinaldi, A. (eds). (1995) Marine mucilage. Int Workshop Mar Mucilage Phenomena. Science of the Total Environment 165 (special issue).