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Influence of river influx on phytoplankton community during fall inter?monsoon in the coastal waters off Kakinada, east coast of India

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Title Influence of river influx on phytoplankton community during fall inter?monsoon in the coastal waters off Kakinada, east coast of India
 
Creator Sooria, P.M.
Reny, P.D.
Jagadeesan, L.
Nair, M.
 
Subject phytoplankton
population structure
river discharge
Hemidiscus hardmannianus
Lioloma elongatum
Ditylum brightwellii
Thalassiossira subtilis
 
Description Significant changes in phytoplankton community structure were observed in the coastal waters off Kakinada, India during fall inter-monsoon of 2006 and 2007. River influx was more in October 2007 compared to those in October 2006. Phytoplankton showed marked changes in composition and abundance between the two periods of observation. Abundance was considerably higher in October 2007 (av. 150.9 + or - 54.8 X 10 sup(3) cells l sup(-1)) compared to that of October 2006 (av.7.9 + or - 4.8 X 10 sup(3) cells l sup(-1)). Phytoplankton community was formed by larger diatoms in October 2007, dominated by Hemidiscus hardmannianus and Ditylum brightwellii (300-500 mu m in diameter) whereas in October 2006 smaller diatoms such as Lioloma elongatum (2-4 mu m), Thalassiossira subtilis (15-32 mu m) and T. favus (60-140 mu m) dominated. Both H. hardmannianus and D. brightwellii occurred in bloom density throughout the study area (av.> 50'10 sup(3) cells l sup(-1)). Agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis of phytoplankton species abundance showed two well separated clusters (similarity less than or equal to 10%) for 2006 and 2007. It reveals the variation in community structure between the two periods of observation. Multidimensional scaling of species abundance superimposed on scaled values of salinity and nitrate has shown that the community shift was directly related to environmental factors. Coastal waters of western Bay of Bengal receive high freshwater inputs, particularly during the southwest monsoon and the internal variations observed in the Coastal waters of Kakinada could as well be relevant to the entire east coast of India
 
Date 2011-11-08T13:53:47Z
2011-11-08T13:53:47Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, vol.40(4); 2011; 550-558
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3936
 
Language en
 
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Publisher NISCAIR (CSIR)