Current status of HAB events in the Indian EEZ |
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A massive bloom (14 km2) of Trichodesmium erythraeum was observed off Goa (Lat. 15o16 145 N, Long. 73o31 426 E) during the first week of May 2010, during cruise no. 274 of FORV Sagar Sampada |
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T. erythraeum bloom off Goa |
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T. erythraeum x 40 |
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Met- ocean parameters of the bloom site |
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| Water colour |
Straw yellow |
| Wind speed |
3.6 m/ sec |
| Wind direction |
272.7 |
| Air Temperature |
42.5° C |
| Humidity |
82.7% |
| Pressure |
1003.4 mbar |
| Solar radiation |
65.8 |
| Rain fall |
Nil |
| SST |
31.65° C |
| Salinity |
35.79 psu |
| MLD |
8 m |
| ILD |
14 m |
| Weather |
sunny, calm sea, clear sky |
| Cell density |
2.93 x 106 filaments/ L |
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