Quantitative variation of phytoplankton in the shelf off Pernambuco (Brazil)

Authors

  • Enide Eskinazi Leça Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Maria da Glória Gonçalves da Silva-Cunha Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Maria Luise Koening Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Abstract

In the phytoplankton of the shelf off Pernambuco has been identified phytoflagellates, diatoms, dinoflagellates, cyanophyceans and euglenophyceans, being the diatoms and phytoflagellates the most abundant of them. The cell numbers has varied in all the coast, reaching values between 50.000 and 870.000 cél./litro, occuring higher values in nearlier areas of the coast.

Author Biographies

Enide Eskinazi Leça, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Researcher of CNPq.

Maria da Glória Gonçalves da Silva-Cunha, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professor, Department of Oceanography - UFPE.

Maria Luise Koening, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professor, Department of Oceanography - UFPE. Researcher of CNPq.

Published

1989-01-01