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Journal of Environmental BiologypISSN: 0254-8704 ; eISSN: 2394-0379 ; CODEN: JEBIDP |
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Abstract - Issue Mar 2009, 29 (2) BackAbundance and seasonal
variations of phytoplankton in the creek waters of western mangrove of Kachchh-Gujarat A. Saravanakumar*1, M. Rajkumar1, G.A. Thivakaran2 and J. Sesh Serebiah2 1Centre of Advanced Study in Marine
Biology, 2Gujarat (Received:
August 14, 2005 ; Revised received: July 10, 2006 ;
Accepted: August 12, 2006) Abstract: The phytoplankton was assessed quantitatively and
qualitatively in regard to their abundance in creek waters at three sites along
the western mangrove of Kachchh. In total one hundred
and four species of phytoplankton were identified. Among them 82 species
diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), 16 species dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae), 3
species blue greens (Cyanophyceae) and 2 species were
green algae. The density in all the three sites varied from 94,166.67 to
2,44,500 cells l-1.
The salinity ranged from 36 to 44‰, temperature 17 to 35oC and pH ranged from 7 to 8.9 respectively. These
semi arid zone mangrove creek area having high densities were recorded during
monsoon and early winter season. Key
words: Gulf of Kachchh,
Mangroves, Phytoplankton PDF
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