ANATOMICAL FEATURES OF SEAGRASS POSIDONIA OCEANICA (L.) DEL. GROWING IN MONTENEGRO (ADRIATIC SEA)

Anatomical features of Posidonia oceanica leafs were not described for the South Adriatic Sea, so fare. Study was performed on three P. oceanica meadows in the Bay of Boka Kotorska (Montenegro) and anatomical characteristics of sheaths and leaf blade are presented. Although, the rarity of sexual reproduction in P. oceanica and the isolation of certain populations, suggests that, particular clones may have differentiated locally, on the base of anatomical characteristics three investigated populations of P. oceanica in the Adriatic Sea are not significantly different from others in different areas of Mediterranean basin.