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Phytoplankton biomass and productivity of different size fractions in the Vellar estuarine system, southeast coast of India

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Title Phytoplankton biomass and productivity of different size fractions in the Vellar estuarine system, southeast coast of India
 
Creator Kawabata, Zenichiro
Magendran, A
Palanichamy, S
Venugopalan, V K
Tatsukawa, Ryo
 
Description 294-296
Chlorophyll a (chl-a) and the gross production of different size fractions of phytoplankton were measured in both the Vellar estuary (st. A, July 20, 1988) and the Pichavaram mangrove (st. B, July 18, 1988). The largest quantity of chl-a was found in the fraction of 5-10 mu m at both stations; 3.6 mu g.l(-1) (33% of total chl-a) at st. A, 6.5 mu g.l(-1) (51% of total chl-a) at st. B. Similarly, the highest gross production was found in the fraction of 5-10 mu m at both stations; 49 mgC.m(-3).h(-1) (20% of total gross production) at st. A, 32 mgC.m(-3).h(-1) (22% of total gross production) at st. B. This suggested that phytoplankton of 5-10 mu m was important contributor to the primary production in this ecosystem at the time of this study.
 
Date 2016-11-30T11:55:13Z
2016-11-30T11:55:13Z
1993-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/37933
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.22(4) [December 1993]