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Long-term monitoring of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Asia's largest tropical coastal lagoon, Chilika, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

Vandana Kumari Gupta ,
Areen Sen ,
Ajit K. Pattnaik ,
Gurdeep Rastogi  and
Punyasloke Bhadury
Vandana Kumari Gupta
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Areen Sen
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Ajit K. Pattnaik
Affiliation:
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Suryanagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Gurdeep Rastogi
Affiliation:
Wetland Research and Training Centre, Chilika Development Authority, Barkul, Balugaon, Odisha, India.
Punyasloke Bhadury*
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Bhadury, Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India email: pbhadury@iiserkol.ac.in
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Abstract

The present study undertaken in the largest coastal lagoon of Asia, Chilika, deals with monthly monitoring of benthic foraminifera assemblages in terms of distribution pattern, diversity and variations in taxonomic composition spanning over a period of 20 months. In total, 13 species of benthic foraminifera represented by eight families were identified in the lagoon. The stations in the Southern sector of the lagoon showed relatively low foraminifera abundance yet high diversity whereas higher abundance and lower diversity were observed in stations located in the Central sector which indicates the spatial patterning of the assemblage. Live foraminifera abundance was sparse in the study area indicating the stressed nature of the lagoon environment. The dissolved nutrient concentration of bottom water reflected significant seasonal variation. The stressed nature of the lagoon is further indicated by the dominance of the genus Ammonia across the inner sectors of the lagoon, a genus known to inhabit impacted habitats. Overall these data can serve as a baseline proxy for understanding palaeontological assemblages of foraminifera in similar shallow-water settings globally.

Keywords

Chilikaforaminiferalagoonenvironmental conditiontotal (live and dead) assemblageField Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM)Ammonia
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , March 2019 , pp. 311 - 330
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2018 

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Present address: Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.

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Equal contribution.

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