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Temporal Variation of Phytoplankton Assemblage in Estuarine Waters:Implication of Cyclone Phailin


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1 Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad-500 090, India
2 3Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
3 Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar-760 007, India
 

Physical forcing of cyclonic phenomenon on water quality often exerts stress on marine and estuarine ecosystems due to their unpredictability. The post-cyclonic changes in phytoplankton biomass have been reported in the Bay of Bengal. In addition, cyclones also intensify physical processes resulting in entrainment of nutrient-rich water from deeper depths into surface leading to regional phytoplankton blooms.
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  • Temporal Variation of Phytoplankton Assemblage in Estuarine Waters:Implication of Cyclone Phailin

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Authors

S. K. Baliarsingh
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad-500 090, India
Suchismita Srichandan
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad-500 090, India
Aneesh A. Lotliker
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad-500 090, India
M. F. Gracia-Escobar
3Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
K. C. Sahu
Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar-760 007, India
T. Srinivasa Kumar
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad-500 090, India

Abstract


Physical forcing of cyclonic phenomenon on water quality often exerts stress on marine and estuarine ecosystems due to their unpredictability. The post-cyclonic changes in phytoplankton biomass have been reported in the Bay of Bengal. In addition, cyclones also intensify physical processes resulting in entrainment of nutrient-rich water from deeper depths into surface leading to regional phytoplankton blooms.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi05%2F858-860