Marine algal flora of Oho-ri, Gosung-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea

We report the marine algal flora at the seashore of Oho-ri, Gosung-gun, Gangwon-do in this note. The seashoreof Gosung-gun has predominantly sandy substrate withsome rocky outcrops. The algal habitat of the easterncoast of Korea is generally restricted because of the steepslope and small tidal range.The survey on flora was performed at 3 islets (the seasurface-protruding rocky outcrops), including Heukdo,Goraebawi, and Juckdo. The marine algal vegetation ofJuckdo had reported (Koh, 1983; Koh and Sung, 1983).It had mentioned 42 species in the community researchon marine algae from July 1982 to June 1983.This study aimed to establish an inventory of algalspecies inhabiting Oho-ri coast nearby the eastern NLL(the Northern Limit Line), Gangwon-do, Korea. This areawas a selected region for the project “The Survey onSpecies Diversity of Strategic Regions (2010)” in Nati-onal Institute of Biological Resources(NIBR).