Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Marine phytoplankton of the mangrove delta region of West Bengal, India.

Volume 33 Issue 1&2

S. C. Santra, U. C. Pal and A. Choudhry

Abstract

The paper deals with the taxonomic account of 46 marine phytoplankton taxa of Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae and Cyanophyceae, collected from mangrove delta regions of West Bengal, India. All these taxa have been recorded for the first time from this part of India. Among these, Coscinodiscus, Rhizosolenia, Chaetoceros, Biddulphia, Pleurosigma, Ceratium and Protoperidinium are found to be the dominant genera and almost present round the year

Date : 31-12-1991