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Observations of species (plankton) environment relationships in urban aquatic ecosystems
| Author: |
Rajakumar, R., Ramani bai, B. Devaraj, Niranjali |
| Date: |
1994 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Environmental Biology |
| Abstract: |
The present study deals with the species environment relationships in urban and rural habitats in water bodies of the Madras City (Latitude 13005 N, Longitude 80018 E). Sampling was done from October to November and a total number of 71 samples were collected which includes different habitats of urban and rural areas. Physico chemical parameters and their relationships with phyto and zooplanktons were analyzed by using canonical correspondence analysis. A fundamental change in the environmental aspects of water bodies in the urbanized areas and the species associations were found to be related to physical aspects of the environment rather than nutrient regimes unlike in the rural habitats where the planktons were related to nutrients. |
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