International Journal of Biodiversity

Research Article

Temporal Succession of Phytoplankton Assemblages in a Tidal Creek System of the Sundarbans Mangroves: An Integrated Approach

Table 2

Weekly distributions of unique phytoplankton genera across the stations; genera with bold indicates these were detected during certain times of the study period.


Weeks	Stn1	Stn2	Stn3

1	Dinophysis, Amphora, Nitzschia	Rhizosolenia, Peridinium	Thalassionema, Melosira

2	Cymbella, Chaetoceros	Ceratium, Nitzschia	—

3	Navicula, Ceratium, Chaetoceros, Melosira, Bellerochea, *Amphipleura*	Pleurosigma, Amphora, Guinardia, Ditylum	—

4	Ditylum, Odontella, Chaetoceros	Navicula	Rhizosolenia, Nitzschia, Skeletonema, Protoperidinium, Peridinium

5	Thalassiosira, Coscinodiscus	—	—

6	Navicula, Coscinodiscus, Peridinium, Dinophysis	Nitzschia, Chaetoceros, Pleurosigma, Pseudo-nitzschia, Ditylum	—

7	Navicula, Thalassiosira, Cyclotella, Ceratium, Nitzschia, Peridinium	—	—

8	Cyclotella, Ceratium	Coscinodiscus, Navicula	—

9	Nitzschia, Ceratium	Skeletonema, Cyclotella	—

10	Nitzschia, Chaetoceros, Navicula	Ceratium, Thalassionema	Thalassiosira

11	Cyclotella, Skeletonema	Nitzschia	—

12	Skeletonema	Navicula	—

13	Navicula, Nitzschia, Odontella	Cyclotella, Thalassiosira, Bellerochea	—

14	Skeletonema, Odontella	Gyrosigma, Guinardia	Nitzschia

15	—	—	Thalassiosira, Bellerochea

16	Cyclotella, Cerataulina, Gyrosigma, Chaetoceros, Melosira, *Hemidiscus* , Bacillaria, Bacteriastrum	Pleurosigma	—

17	Ceratium, Chaetoceros, Cyclotella, Thalassiosira, Actinocyclus	Navicula, Cylindrotheca	—

18	Chaetoceros, Thalassiosira, Cylindrotheca, *Hemidiscus*	Actinocyclus, Odontella, Navicula	—

19	Navicula, Chaetoceros	Pleurosigma, Thalassionema, Thalassiosira	—

20	Nitzschia	Thalassionema, Gyrosigma, Odontella	Ceratium, Noctiluca, Cerataulina, Cocconeis

21	Noctiluca, Pleurosigma, Cerataulina, Planktoniella	Amphora	Surirella, Odontella, Lauderia, Chaetoceros, Eucampia

22	Cyclotella, Pleurosigma, Ceratium, Nitzschia, Surirella	Amphora, Chaetoceros, Cylindrotheca, Pinnularia, Amphiprora	—

23	Thalassionema, Thalassiosira, Pinnularia, *Paralia*	Triceratium, Cymbella, Amphiprora, Peridinium	Surirella

24	—	Melosira	Surirella, Amphiprora, Pinnularia, Thalassionema, Climacosphenia, Ditylum

25	Amphora, *Amphipleura*	Ceratium, Rhizosolenia	Nitzschia, Planktoniella, Lauderia, Skeletonema, Phormidium, Melosira

26	Ditylum, Triceratium, Peridinium, Chaetoceros, Cylindrotheca, Ceratium, Gyrosigma	—	Cyclotella, Surirella, Cocconeis

27	Nitzschia, Cocconeis, Cyclotella	Spirogyra, Thalassiosira	Oscillatoria, Ceratium

28	Cylindrotheca, Navicula	Fragilaria, Thalassiosira, Phormidium, Rhizosolenia, Amphora, Triceratium, Cymbella	Ceratium, Gyrosigma, Thalassionema

29	Synechococcus	Rhizosolenia, Chaetoceros	Melosira

30	Thalassiothrix, Raphidiopsis, Amphiprora, Pleurosigma	Melosira, Rhizosolenia	—

31	Skeletonema, Cylindrotheca, Coscinodiscus, Thalassionema	Cyclotella, Triceratium, Thalassiothrix, *Minutocellus*	Melosira, Nitzschia