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Microplankton growth in response to nutrient enrichments in Gerence Bay, Izmir, Western Turkey

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Title Microplankton growth in response to nutrient enrichments in Gerence Bay, Izmir, Western Turkey
 
Creator Adalıoğlu, Sezgi
Buyukisik, Baha
Yaşar, Doğan
 
Subject Nutrient enrichment
Growth rate
Gerence Bay
Chlorophyll_a
Microplankton
Aegean sea
 
Description 859-867
Present study is to assess the comparative effects
of nutrient enrichment within Gerence Bay such a semi-enclosed bay in the
Aegean Sea. Water samples were taken in spring seasons (April 2006-2007) and
autumn seasons (October 2005-2006) and enriched with nutrients of various
concentrations. By applying T test to determine statistical differences between
the averages of growth rate. While no difference at the 0.05 level of relevance
was observed between the October periods, it was seen that the growth rates of
NH4+ NO3- and PO4-3
for the April periods were different (tc=6.62, 9.69, 5.2; df= 19, 18,17
respectively).
A season-based study of the growth rates across time, these were higher than 3
(1/day) in October and lower than 2
in the month of April. 
Experiments show that the environment may exhibit eutrophic sea
conditions in the case of certain nutrients, but characteristics of an
oligotrophic environment in the case of others. Consequently, it would be more
apt to say that Gerence
Bay exhibits intermediate
character attributes known to define what is called a mesotrophic environment.
 
Date 2013-12-13T12:58:11Z
2013-12-13T12:58:11Z
2013-11
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24825
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(7) [November 2013]