Research Article
Temporal Succession of Phytoplankton Assemblages in a Tidal Creek System of the Sundarbans Mangroves: An Integrated Approach
Table 3
Size class structure of dominant diatom genera based on biovolume estimation.
| | Genera | 19–21 weeks (winter) | | 22–31 weeks (spring and summer) | | Cell dimension (µm) | Biovolume (µm3) | Mean abundance of respective genera (/L) | Mean phytoplankton cell abundance (/L) | Cell dimension (µm) | Biovolume (µm3) | Mean abundance of respective genera (/L) | Mean phytoplankton cell abundance (/L) |
| Coscinodiscus
Chaetoceros
Cyclotella
Thalassiosira
Navicula
Nitzschia | 204; 5
106; 4
48; 2
200; 3
21; 4; 8
16; 2.5; 4.5 | 226080
35281.04
3617.28
94200
527.52
90 | 1500
20
209
354
375
62 |
3300 | 104; 4
56; 3
21; 1.5
86; 4.5
18; 6; 5
13; 2; 4 | 33962.24
9847.04
519.28
26126.37
423.9
52 | 880
120
55
210
310
110 |
7056 |
|
|
