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

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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.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support given by the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Earth System Sciences Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, to conduct this research. We thank Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management (ICMAM)-Project Directorate, MoES, Govt. of India, which coordinates Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAPS) programme, for which this study has been carried out. We are thankful to Dr. M. A. Atmanand, Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), for constant encouragement to conduct this work. The authors are also thankful to Dr. M. Vijaykumaran and Professor T. Surbramaniam for critically reviewing the manuscript. One of the authors (BKS) is thankful to DST for providing fellowship. We thank to all the scientific and supporting staffs of ANCOST, NIOT, for their assistance in field and laboratory for conducting this research work.

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    Mehmuna Begum, Apurba Kumar Das & Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar

  2. Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur, 760007, Odisha, India

    Biraja Kumar Sahu

  3. Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, NIOT, Earth System Sciences Organization, Chennai, 600100, India

    Ramalingam Kirubagaran

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Begum, M., Sahu, B.K., Das, A.K. et al. Extensive Chaetoceros curvisetus bloom in relation to water quality in Port Blair Bay, Andaman Islands. Environ Monit Assess 187, 226 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4461-2

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