Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 14-25Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.007
Keywords
Phytoplankton composition; River discharge; Stratification; Nutrients; Estuary
Funding
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) [SIP 1308]
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To examine the influence of river discharge on phytoplankton composition, time-series observations were conducted at upper, middle and lower Godavari estuary during 2009. The salinity variations in the estuary were depended on freshwater discharge and tidal exchange. River discharge brought a significant amount of nutrients, however it did not induce phytoplankton bloom due to severe light limitation driven by high turbidity. Enhanced phytoplankton biomass and abundance were associated with water column stratification during moderate discharge period, suggesting that water column stability is more important than nutrients to promote phytoplankton blooms. The contribution of diatoms to the total phytoplankton abundance increased with decrease in salinity and vice versa for blue-green algae. The relationship of phytoplankton abundance with salinity and nutrients suggests that low salinity and high N:P ratio favored growth of blue-green algae, whereas high salinity and low N:P/N:Si favored diatoms. This study suggested that discharge brought modification in phytoplankton composition.
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