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The aim or this work is to cvaluale the long term changes of the marine vegelation in the Gulf of Trieste (Nonh Adriatic Sea) comparing the the current status of the algal flora with that of earlier surveys or 30 years ago. The present survey of benthic algae is the result of field studies conducted in the surroundings of Trieste in monthly samplings from 1998 10 2000. More recent changes between sixties invoIved floristic impovereshiment and also the deterioration or Fucales stands.