Table 3 Abundance of bacteria in Sundarban estuary.
From: Dynamics of Sundarban estuarine ecosystem: eutrophication induced threat to mangroves
Month | Bacterial count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Plate count (CFU L-1) | Fluorescence count (Cells L-1) | ||||
| Â | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Minimum | Maximum | Mean |
Nov'08 | 8.0 × 106 | 5.2 × 107 | 2.64 × 107 | 5.0 × 108 | 2.0 × 109 | 9.50 × 108 |
Dec'08 | 1.0 × 106 | 1.0 × 107 | 5.0 × 106 | 7.0 × 107 | 3.3 × 108 | 1.62 × 108 |
Jan'09 | 1.25 × 106 | 6.75 × 106 | 3.68 × 106 | 6.0 × 107 | 1.2 × 108 | 8.54 × 107 |
Feb'09 | 6.0 × 106 | 3.4 × 107 | 1.54 × 107 | 3.0 × 108 | 1.3 × 109 | 7.60 × 108 |
March'09 | 1.5 × 107 | 8.5 × 107 | 4.48 × 107 | 5.0 × 108 | 2.5 × 109 | 1.0 × 109 |
April'09 | 7.0 × 108 | 1.0 × 109 | 7.9 × 108 | 2.0 × 1010 | 7.0 × 1010 | 4.14 × 1010 |
May'09 | 5.0 × 108 | 1.5 × 109 | 8.9 × 108 | 2.0 × 1010 | 8.0 × 1010 | 4.52 × 1010 |