Nutrients and chlorophyll a dynamics in the inner part of Boka Kotorska Bay [Montenegro]
2006
Krivokapic, S. (Prirodno-matematicki fakultet, Podgorica (Montenegro). Studijska grupa za biologiju), E-mail: sladjana69@yahoo.com | Vuksanovic, N. (Institut za biologiju mora, Kotor (Montenegro)) | Stankovic, Z. (Prirodno-matematicki fakultet, Kragujevac (Serbia). Institut za biologiju i ekologiju)
Investigation of the nutrients and chlorophyll a concentrations, as indicators of trophic level, in the period from September 2003 to August 2004 in three sampling locations in the inner part of Boka Kotorska Bay varied widely. Nitrate concentration ranged from 0.0 to 2.42 mg/l at the surface and from 0.02 to 3.88 mg/l at the bottom, nitrate concentration from 0.02 to 0.21 mg/l at the surface and from 0.01 to 0.6 mg/l at the bottom, phosphate concentration from 0.03 to 0.18 mg/l at the surface and from 0.01 to 0.22 mg/l at the bottom, silicate concentration from 0.0 to 1.42 mg/l at the surface and 0.45 mg/l at the bottom respectively. Value of phytoplankton biomass, as represented by chlorophyll a, ranged from 1.02 to 8.68 mg/cubic meter and from 0.49 to 5.23 mg/cubic meter at the bottom. According to the UNEP criteria during the investigated period it can be concluded that the area in question is mesotrophic with the exception of December when it is eutrophic.
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