Algal blooms and associated bacteria along the southwest coast of india

Abstract

newlineIt is essential to understand how the distribution and composition of newlinemicroalgae as well as dynamics of HABs in economically important shelf seas newlinerelate to the particular physico chemical and biological properties of the water newlinecolumn in which they live In view of the importance of southwest coast of newlineIndia which is considered as one of the most biologically productive areas in newlinethe world regular monitoring of distribution and abundance of microalgae newlineis important The present work is concentrated on the estuarine and coastal newlineopen sea stations along the southwest coast of India In order to get further newlineinsights into the abiotic factors governing bloom dynamics the physicochemical newlineparameters that regulated three particular bloom events during newlinethis period were studied Bearing in mind the role of bacterial fauna newlineassociated with algal blooms as a biological factor in regulating its newlinedynamics isolation of bacteria associated with the algal blooms their newlineidentification enumeration, and ability to produce extracellular enzymes newlinehave been duly incorporated into this study newline