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Phytoplankton cell volume and diversity in Indian Sundarbans

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Title Phytoplankton cell volume and diversity in Indian Sundarbans
 
Creator Mitra, Abhijit
Zaman, Sufia
Sett, Saurov
Raha, Atanu Kumar
Banerjee, Kakoli
 
Subject Phytoplankton
Western and Central Indian Sundarbans
Shannon Weiner Species Diversity Index
Cell volume
 
Description 208-215
Present
study focuses on the cell volume and diversity of phytoplankton, which are
unique indicators of aquatic salinity. We compared the cell volume and Shannon
Weiner Species Diversity Index values of the documented phytoplankton in two
significantly different salinity sectors in the Indian Sundarbans: Western and
Central. Western sector exhibited higher Shannon Weiner Species Diversity Index
value (mean $´ value = 3.2715) compared to that of the central sector (mean $´
value = 3.2504). Cell volume of the observed species was also more in the
western sector (118.83 μm3 to 304322.23 μm3) compared to
the central sector (114.23 μm3 to

295199.31
μm3), thus indicating the regulatory role of salinity on the free
floating producer community in the aquatic ecosystem. ANOVA results indicate
significant differences (R < 0.05) in phytoplankton diversity and cell volume between
the western and central Indian Sundarbans.
 
Date 2014-03-03T05:56:14Z
2014-03-03T05:56:14Z
2014-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/27254
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(2) [February 2014]