PHYTOPLANKTON AND ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE IN AMBON BAY

Authors

  • Sutomo Ambon Research Station, National Institute of Oceanology
  • James Jay Anderson Fisheries Research Institute University of Washington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14203/mri.v23i0.393

Keywords:

phytoplankton, zooplankton, abundance

Abstract

Ambon Bay has a shallow neritic inner bay and a deep oceanic outer bay. Net hauls suggest the inner bay has a large population of large phytoplankton cells but a small population of macrozooplankton. In the outer bay the opposite situation exists, with a greater population of macrozooplankton and smaller population levels of small phytoplankton. The differences might be caused by nutrient pollution and siltation in the inner bay.

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Published

2026-01-08

Issue

Vol. 23 (1984)

Section

Articles