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Statistical tools for studying the temporal variations in chlorophyll-a concentration along the Southwest Bay of Bengal waters

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Title Statistical tools for studying the temporal variations in chlorophyll-a concentration along the Southwest Bay of Bengal waters
 
Creator Poornima, D
Shanthi, R
Thangaradjou, T
Saravanakumar, A
Sarangi, R K
 
Subject Bay of Bengal
Chlorophyll
Multiple linear regression
Nitrate
Principal component analysis
SST
 
Description 454-464
Multivariate statistical analysis such as multiple linear regression (MLR) and principal component analysis (PCA) are
used to study the effect of physico-chemical parameters on chlorophyll distribution along the southwest Bay of Bengal from
January 2012 to June 2014. Physical properties recorded showed clear seasonal patterns in sea surface temperature (26.2 –
32.8 °C), salinity (24 – 36 PSU), pH (7.808 to 8.428), photosynthetic photon flux (522 – 1220.4 μM m-2s-1) with the
minimum and maximum values during monsoon and summer seasons, respectively. In contrast, the chemical variables such
as nitrite (0.15 to 2.35 μM), nitrate (1.02 to 6.58 μM), ammonia (0.11 – 5.22 μM), total nitrogen (1.04 to 11.58 μM),
inorganic phosphate (0.16 – 2.97 μM), total phosphorus (0.55 – 8.60μM) and reactive silicate (2.00 to 23.95 μM) showed
the minimum and maximum concentration during summer and monsoon seasons, respectively. The high and low
chlorophyll (0.10 to 6.92 μg l-1) and dissolved oxygen (4.07 and 7.884 mg l-1) concentrations are observed during summer
and pre-monsoon seasons, respectively. PCA found that nitrogenous nutrients and chlorophyll are positively loaded and sea
surface temperature (SST) was negatively loaded in all the seasons except during summer season. Inter-comparison of
modeled and in-situ chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentration showed a significant correlation during monsoon season by 93 % of
matchup with a R2 = 0.930, N = 60 and SEE = ±0.369 compared to other seasons. Regression analysis also predicted the
positive influence of nitrate and ammonia and negative influence of SST with chl-a.
 
Date 2021-07-15T07:55:52Z
2021-07-15T07:55:52Z
2021-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/57713
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.50(06) [June 2021]