Original scientific paper

Seasonal variations of phytoplankton biomass and environmental conditions in the inner Boka Kotorska Bay (eastern Adriatic Sea)

Slađana Krivokapić ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put bb., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Živko Stanković ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovi}a bb., 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Nenad Vuksanović ; Institute of Marine Biology, P.O. Box 69, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro

Abstract

Nutrients and chlorophyll a concentrations were analysed at five sampling stations in the inner part of the Boka Kotorska Bay (southern Adriatic Sea), in the period September 2003 to August 2004. Maximum concentrations of nitrates (14.4 mmol L–1), nitrites (3.5 mmol L–1), phosphates (0.84 mmol L–1), and silicates (4.5 mmol L–1) preceded maximum phytoplankton biomass (5.07 to 6.47 mg m–3 chlorophyll a) in December. Chlorophyll a was positively correlated with oxygen, nitrites and silicates, but negatively correlated with temperature, salinity, transparency and nitrates. Kotor Bay is the most eutrophied environment in the eastern coastal Adriatic Sea.

Keywords

Chlorophyll a; nutrients; seasonality; eutrophication; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

36155

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/36155

Publication date:

30.4.2009.

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