Research Article

Concentration of Inorganic Elements Content in Benthic Seaweeds of Fernando de Noronha Archipelago by Synchrotron Radiation Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis (SRTXRF)

Table 1

Classification and sampling for eleven macroalgae studied in Fernando de Noronha archipelago, of northeastern Brazil.

Divisions and speciesSite

Chlorophyta
Caulerpa verticillata (J. Agardh, 1847)S

Rhodophyta
Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de  Saint-Léon, 1845S
Dictyurus occidentalis (J. Agardh, 1847)C
Galaxaura rugosa (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816C
Galaxaura obtusata (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816C
Galaxaura marginata (J. Ellis & Solander) J. V.  Lamouroux, 1816C

Phaeophyta
Dictyota cervicornis (Kützing, 1859)S
Dictyopteris justii (J. V. Lamouroux, 1809)S
Dictyopteris plagiogramma (Montagne) Vickers, 1905C
Padina gymnospora (Kützing) Sonder, 1871C
Sargassum sp. (C. Agardh, 1820)S

S: Sueste; C: Caieiras.