Monospecific bloom of noxious raphidophyte Chattonella marina in the coastal water of South West coast of India
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Monospecific bloom of noxious raphidophyte Chattonella marina in the coastal water of South West coast of India
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A massive monospecific bloom of toxic marine raphidophyte Chattonella marina was observed off Kochi along the southwest coast of India during lateSeptember 2009 with very high cell density (1.59 x 107 cells L-1) and wide spatial distribution. The tear drop shaped cells were 38-65 µm long, 25-30 µm wide and having large number of chloroplasts. Almost 90% of the phytoplankton population was composed of C. marina in the bloom area. Other phytoplankters were few in number represented by Skeletonema costatum, Rhizosolenia spp., Chaetoceros spp., Psuedo-nitzschia spp. etc. and amongthese Skeletonema costatum was dominant with cell density 2.3 x 104 cells L-1. The concentration of photosynthetic pigment, chlorophyll a was 8.3 µg L-1 in the bloom area. Toxicity test using the alcohol extracts of the Chattonella bloom samples showed characteristic neurotoxic symptoms in fishes leading to mortality.
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