Extensive Chaetoceros curvisetus bloom in relation to water quality in Port Blair Bay, Andaman Islands

Mehmuna Begum; Biraja Kumar Sahu; Apurba Kumar Das; Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar; Ramalingam Kirubagaran

doi:10.1007/s10661-015-4461-2

Extensive Chaetoceros curvisetus bloom in relation to water quality in Port Blair Bay, Andaman Islands

Mehmuna Begum^*
, Biraja Kumar Sahu
, Apurba Kumar Das
, Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar
, Ramalingam Kirubagaran

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Blooming of diatom species Chaetoceros curvisetus (Cleve, 1889) was observed in Junglighat Bay and Haddo Harbour of Port Blair Bay of Andaman and Nicobar Islands during June 2010. Physico-chemical parameters, nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton composition data collected from five stations during 2010 were classified as bloom area (BA) and non-bloom area (NBA) and compared. Elevated values of dissolved oxygen were recorded in the BA, and it significantly varied (p < 0.01) from NBA. Among the nutrient parameters studied, nitrate concentration indicated significant variation in BA and NBA (p < 0.01). Phosphate and ammonia concentrations reduced to below detection level (BDL) in the BA and NBA, indicating its utilization. In Junglighat Bay, the C. curvisetus species constituted 93.4 and 69.2 % composition of total phytoplankton population during day 1 and day 2, respectively. The bloom forming stations separated out from the non-bloom forming station in non-parametric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) ordinations; cluster analysis powered by SIMPROF test also grouped the stations as BA and NBA.

Original language	English
Article number	226
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume	187
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4461-2
State	Published - 1 May 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Andaman Sea
Bloom
Chaetoceros curvisetus
Multivariate statistics
Phytoplankton
Water quality

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General Environmental Science
Pollution
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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