Seasonal influence of physico-chemical parameters on phytoplankton diversity, community structure and abundance at Parangipettai coastal waters, Bay of Bengal, South East Coast of India

Bay of Bengal (BOB) is a semi enclosed tropical basin located in the north eastern part of the Indian Ocean with high influence of fresh water discharge from major rivers and rainfall. Bay of Bengal (BOB) is highly influenced by monsoons and represents a natural laboratory to study the effect of fresh water fluxes on the marine ecosystem. Bay of Bengal (BOB) is very low in productivity often with the observations of Phytoplankton Blooms. Phytoplankton blooms are one of the prominent features of biological variability in the coastal ecosystems such as estuaries, lagoons, bays, and tidal rivers with rapid production and accumulation of phytoplankton biomass in the ocean. These blooms usually respond to changing physical forcings originating in the coastal ocean like tides, currents and river runoff and to the atmospheric forcing like wind. These physical forcings have different timescales of variability, so algal blooms can be short-term episodic events, recurrent seasonal phenomena, or rare events associated with exceptional climatic or hydrologic conditions. Bloom events and their variability on spatial & temporal scales monitoring through field measurements is difficult. Based on this key hypothesis an effort is made to understand the seasonal and spatial variability of Phytoplankton Blooms along the East Coast of India. In this paper we present the bloom dynamics in their context to the chlorophyll concentration along with species composition and abundance in estuarine and near shore coastal waters of Godavari basin using Oceansat-2 Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM). The initial results revealed that the quasi permanent phytoplankton blooms initiates in the month of mid- February and evolves for a period of two months and then slowly starts decaying by the mid of May month. The results also stand as a base for the study of influence of Phytoplankton Blooms on the carbon flux estimations and bio-geo-chemical processes in the Bay of Bengal.

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Ecological Studies in the Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam, East Coast of India, Bay of Bengal

Coastal Management ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-810473-6.00017-0 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 323-382 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K.K. Satpathy ◽

A.K. Mohanty ◽

G. Sahu ◽

S. Biswas ◽

M.S. Achary ◽

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Keyword(s):

Bay Of Bengal ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

East Coast ◽

Ecological Studies ◽

East Coast Of India

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Water Quality And Community Macroalgae In Jikumerasa Coastal Waters, Buru Island

JURNAL ILMIAH PLATAX ◽

10.35800/jip.4.2.2016.14132 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hairati Arfah ◽

Simon I Patty

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Community Structure ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Diversity Index ◽

Water Clarity ◽

Quality Standard ◽

Marine Biota ◽

Chemical Parameters ◽

Physico Chemical ◽

Salinity Water

ABSTRACT The study of water quality and macroalgae community in Jikumerasa coast, Buru Island, Maluku, was conducted in June 2014. This study aims to determine the water quality in terms of physico-chemical parameters and community structure of macroalgae. Physico-chemical parameters observed are the essential parameters for the livelihood of macroaelgae ecosystem such as temperature, salinity, water clarity, current, pH, dissolved oxygen, phosphate and nitrate. The result showed that water quality in these waters still within the water quality standard threshold for marine biota (KMLH, 2004) and still in the optimum range for growth of macroalgae. 21 species of macroalgae were found with varying density between 0.25 ind./m2-1.13 types ind./m2. The highest biomass were found in Gracilaria salocornia, which reached 1132.00 g/m2. Macroalgae diversity index (H ') were average, ranged from 2.716 to 2.978 and dominance index (D) were categorized as low, ranged from 0.0539 to 0.0697, while the index of uniformity (e) were ranged from 0.9754 to 0.9796, categorized as evenly distributed or stable. Keywords: Water quality, macroalgae, Community Structure. ABSTRAK Studi tentang kualitas air dan komunitas makroalga di perairan pantai Jikumerasa, Pulau Buru, Maluku telah dilakukan pada bulan Juni 2014. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kualitas perairan ditinjau dari parameter fisika-kimia dan struktur komunitas makroalga. Parameter fisika-kimia yang diamati merupakan parameter utama bagi ekosistem makroalga diantaranya suhu, salinitas, kecerahan air, arus, pH, oksigen terlarut, fosfat dan nitrat. Hasilnya menunjukkan bawa kualitas air di perairan ini masih dalam ambang batas baku mutu air untuk biota laut (KMLH, 2004) dan masih berada pada kisaran optimal untuk pertumbuhan makroalga. Makroalga yang ditemukan sebanyak 21 jenis dengan kepadatan jenis bervariasi antara 0,25 ind./m2-1,13 ind./m2. Biomassa tertinggi terdapat pada jenis Gracilaria salocornia mencapai 1132,00 g/m2. Indeks keanekaragaman makroalga cukup tinggi yakni (H’) 2,716-2,978 dikategorikan sedang dan indeks dominasi (D) 0,0539-0,0697 dikategorikan rendah sedangkan indeks keseragaman (e) 0,9754-0,9796 dikategorikan stabil atau merata. Keywords: Kualitas Perairan, Makroalga, Struktur Komunitas. 1 Proyek Penelitian Biota Laut di Perairan Jikumerasa, Pulau Buru, DIKTI 2014 2 Pusat Penelitian Laut Dalam Ambon-LIPI 3 UPT. Loka Konservasi Biota Laut Bitung-LIPI

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