Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 163, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111757
Keywords
Diatom bloom; Biddulphia biddulphiana; Ballast water; Zooplankton; Tuticorin harbor; Gulf of Mannar
Funding
- Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, India
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The present study reports a dense bloom of the marine diatom Hemidiscus hardmanianus observed off the Tuticorin coast in the Gulf of Mannar. The study also found the first record of a bloom of H. hardmanianus in the Gulf of Mannar. The density of H. hardmanianus was highest in the bloom site, accounting for almost 97% of the total phytoplankton population, with the diatom Biddulphia biddulphiana also observed in strong numbers.
The present study reports a dense bloom of the marine-diatom Hemidiscus hardmanianus observed off the Tuticorin coast in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM), India. The surface water discoloration (pale green) was observed during a coastal survey conducted in the initial period of the northeast monsoon (October 2018). The bloom extended over an area of approximately 5 km(2) around the Tuticorin harbor. Distribution and relative abundance of the phytoplankton and zooplankton species together with the water quality and Chlorophyll-a were studied in the area of bloom. H. hardmanianus density was maximum (10.57 x 10(4) cells L-1) in the bloom site, which was almost 97% of the total phytoplankton population. The present report is the first record of H. hardmanianus bloom in the Gulf of Mannar. The chain-forming diatom Biddulphia biddulphiana was also observed in strong numbers (802 and 432 cells L-1), which has been rarely reported from the Indian coastal waters.
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