This paper describes the nitrogen uptake, measured by assimilation of @u15@@N - labelled nitrate, ammonium, urea and @u14@@C - labelled urea, by phytoplankton, intact corals and freshly isolated zooxanthellae from the ...

Plankton composition of the Shastri and the Kajvi estuaries of the Konkan Coast were studied during the premonsoon season. Phytoplankton constituents were more abundant at the mid and upper reaches in the former whereas ...

Surface chl a and phaeopigments of the whole phytoplankton varied from 0.02 to 0.085 mg/m3 (av. 0.043) and 0.017 to 0.068 mg/m3 (av. 0.039)respectively; chl a of the nannoplankton fluctuated from 0.013 to 0.085 mg/m3(av.0.034) ...

Diatoms dominated the phytoplankton population in the Konkan coastal waters. Rhizosolenia spp., Ceratulinia sp., Ditylum spp., Navicula sp. and Thalassiothrix spp. were the dominant diatoms observed in this area. Blue-green ...