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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/37362| Title: | Seasonal distribution and behaviour of nitrate and phosphate in Rushikulya estuary, east coast of India |
| Authors: | Gouda, Rajashree Panigrahy, R C |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1995 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Spatio-temporal distribution in surface water concentrations of NO3-N ranged from 0.37-18.48 mu g-at.l(-1) in 1988 and 0.04-22.27 mu g-at.l(-1) in 1989. Surface water PO43--P varied from 0.09-1.86 and 0.05-3.30 mu g-at.l(-1) during 1988 and 1989 respectively. Bottom water concentrations of NO3--N and PO43--P ranged from 0.05-13.14 and 0.08-2 mu g-at.l(-1) in 1988 and from 0.28-10.44 & 0.09-2.14 mu g-at.l(-1) in 1989 respectively. Nitrate:phosphate ratios, although discerned wide range of variations, rarely exceeded the Redfield's value of 16:1. Among these two nutrients, the role of NO3--N becomes more important with respect to phytoplankton production. |
| Page(s): | 233-235 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJMS Vol.24(4) [December 1995] |
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