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Seasonal algal bloom and water quality around the coastal Kerala during southwest monsoon using <i style="">in situ</i> and satellite data

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Title Seasonal algal bloom and water quality around the coastal Kerala during southwest monsoon using <i style="">in situ</i> and satellite data
 
Creator Sarangi, R.K.
Mohammed, Gulshad
 
Subject Algal bloom
Kerala coast
Water quality parameters
<i style="">in situ</i>
Satellite data
 
Description 356-364
Algal bloom has been observed using IRS-P4 (Oceansat-1) OCM data and <i style="">in situ</i> observations during September 2002 and 2003 around the Kerala coastal and shelf water off Calicut. Algal bloom features have been observed in the total radiance, remote sensing reflectance, chlorophyll and diffuse attenuation coefficient images. <i style="">In situ</i> observations indicated the dominance of dinoflagellate <i style="">Noctiluca</i> <i style="">scintillensis</i> in the 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> weeks of September 2002. Red colour of water was seen even upto 30-35 kilometer from coastline and this has been got reflected in OCM derived chlorophyll images with the dense algal bloom features with very high chlorophyll concentration (20-50 mg/m<sup>3</sup>). During September (8, 20, 22, 24 and 30) 2003, high dense algal bloom patches (chl>20 mg/m<sup>3</sup>) were seen around the Calicut coast in the OCM images and spreads across the Kerala coast in the shelf water up to 20-30 km from coastline. Water colour has been found even green due to toxic micro algae <i style="">Hornelia marina</i>. Water quality parameters like SST, dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, productivity and nutrients have been correlated with the bloom phenomenon.
 
Date 2011-07-19T04:44:49Z
2011-07-19T04:44:49Z
2011-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12425
 
Language en_US
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.40(3) [June 2011]