- Tytuł:
- Phytoplankton and environmental variables as a water quality indicator for the beaches at Matrouh, South-Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt: an assessment
- Autorzy:
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Gharib, S.M.
El-Sherif, Z.M.
Abdel-Halim, A.M.
Radwan, A.A. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/48802.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2011
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Oceanologii PAN
- Tematy:
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abiotic environment
beach
biotic environment
community structure
diversity index
Egypt
environment variability
hydrochemical change
hydrographic change
marine environment
Matrouh beach
Mediterranean Sea
nutrient concentration
phytoplankton
water quality - Opis:
- This study was carried out to determine the water quality of the beaches at Matrouh, south-eastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, by studying environmental variables as well as phytoplankton abundance and community structure. Surface water samples were monitored from a series of beach sites over a period of five seasons during 2009–2010. A total of 203 phytoplankton species were identified from seven algal divisions. Seasonal differences in the quantitative and qualitative composition of the phytoplankton communities in the different sites were marked. Nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton abundances were found to be poorer than those of many other areas along Egyptian coast. The Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index classified Matrouh water as being between clean and moderately polluted, whereas the WQI demonstrated that it was between good and excellent. It can be concluded that the index based onWQI is currently more suitable than the phytoplankton species index for assessing the quality of the water of the Matrouh beaches.
- Źródło:
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Oceanologia; 2011, 53, 3
0078-3234 - Pojawia się w:
- Oceanologia
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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