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Fouling diatom community with reference to substratum variability in tropical marine environment

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Title Fouling diatom community with reference to substratum variability in tropical marine environment
 
Creator Mitbavkar, S.
Desai, D.V.
Khandeparker, L.
Anil, A.C.
Wagh, A.B.
 
Subject fouling
aquatic plants
population structure
substrate preferences
colonization
tropical environment
biomass
correlation
Bacillariophyceae
 
Description Diatoms are the earliest autotrophic colonizers and are responsible for the major input of energy in the form of reduced carbon to the surfce. However, information regarding the population structure of diatoms in theearly phases of fouling is very limited. In the present study, enumeration of fouling diatom population was carried out by exposing different types of substrata for four consecutive days at the sub-surface level. The study was carried out at Dona Paula bay located at the mouth of the Zuari estuary along the west cost of India. Quantification of the attached organisms from different substrata and from the surrounding environment was carried out microscopically and by the chlorophyll a estimation. navicula sp. was the most abundant form encountered. The paper deals with the qualitative and quantitative aspects of diatom colonization, their community structure, and correlation between the prevailing diatom population in the environment and that in the fouling community
 
Date 2009-01-12T09:27:02Z
2009-01-12T09:27:02Z
1997
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Proc. of US-Pacific Rim Workshop on Emerging Nonmetallic Materials for the Marine Environment, 4.38-4.54p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2076
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher US Office of Naval Research