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Table 4 Seasonal dominance and average cell count of dominant phytoplankton in samples from the sampling sites

From: Seasonal dynamics of the genus: Planktoniella Schutt in the estuarine waters of Indian Sundarbans

 

Name of species

Months of dominance

Average cell count/ml

Dominant 1

Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky

Mar.–May

52.0

Dominant 2

Coscinodiscus argus Ehrenberg

Jun.–Nov.

46.0; 65.0

Dominant 3

Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenbergh

Jun.–Nov.

32.0; 29.6

Dominant 4

Chaetoceros pseudocurvisetus Mangin

Dec.–Apr.

37.6; 82.5

Dominant 5

Chaetoceros lorenzianus Grunow

Dec.–Apr.

28.9; 36.6

Dominant 6

Protoperidinium pallidum (Ostenfeld) Balech

Dec.–Feb.

100.6