Table 2 Abundance of phytoplankton in Sundarban estuary.
From: Dynamics of Sundarban estuarine ecosystem: eutrophication induced threat to mangroves
Month | Phytoplankton Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Lugol's Count (Cells L-1) | Fluorescence count (Cells L-1) | ||||
| Â | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Mean |
Nov'08 | 6.5 × 105 | 1.2 × 106 | 8.50 × 105 | 1.5 × 106 | 3.5 × 106 | 2.17 × 106 |
Dec'08 | 8.0 × 105 | 1.1 × 106 | 9.05 × 105 | 1.0 × 106 | 5.0 × 106 | 2.6 × 106 |
Jan'09 | 1.0 × 106 | 5.5 × 106 | 3.0 × 106 | 1.72 × 107 | 2.0 × 107 | 1.57 × 107 |
Feb'09 | 1.0 × 107 | 3.96 × 107 | 2.05 × 107 | 5.0 × 107 | 2.5 × 108 | 1.42 × 108 |
March'09 | 1.5 × 106 | 2.5 × 106 | 1.75 × 106 | 3.0 × 106 | 9.0 × 106 | 4.9 × 106 |
April'09 | 1.2 × 106 | 2.0 × 106 | 1.22 × 106 | 1.8 × 106 | 3.0 × 106 | 1.9 × 106 |
May'09 | 5 × 103 | 3.5 × 104 | 1.80 × 104 | 1.4 × 105 | 4.0 × 105 | 2.2 × 105 |