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dc.contributor.authorMitbavkar, S.
dc.contributor.authorDesai, D.V.
dc.contributor.authorKhandeparker, L.
dc.contributor.authorAnil, A.C.
dc.contributor.authorWagh, A.B.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-12T09:27:02Z
dc.date.available2009-01-12T09:27:02Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationProc. of US-Pacific Rim Workshop on Emerging Nonmetallic Materials for the Marine Environment, 4.38-4.54p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2076
dc.description.abstractDiatoms are the earliest autotrophic colonizers and are responsible for the major input of energy in the form of reduced carbon to the surfce. However, information regarding the population structure of diatoms in theearly phases of fouling is very limited. In the present study, enumeration of fouling diatom population was carried out by exposing different types of substrata for four consecutive days at the sub-surface level. The study was carried out at Dona Paula bay located at the mouth of the Zuari estuary along the west cost of India. Quantification of the attached organisms from different substrata and from the surrounding environment was carried out microscopically and by the chlorophyll a estimation. navicula sp. was the most abundant form encountered. The paper deals with the qualitative and quantitative aspects of diatom colonization, their community structure, and correlation between the prevailing diatom population in the environment and that in the fouling community
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUS Office of Naval Research
dc.rightsCopyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectfouling
dc.subjectaquatic plants
dc.subjectpopulation structure
dc.subjectsubstrate preferences
dc.subjectcolonization
dc.subjecttropical environment
dc.subjectbiomass
dc.subjectcorrelation
dc.subjectBacillariophyceae
dc.titleFouling diatom community with reference to substratum variability in tropical marine environment
dc.typeConference Article


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