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- Title
Effect of Pollutants on Biochemical Profile and Population Dynamics of Zooplankton.
- Authors
Madhuri, Padaya; Madhuri, Hambarde
- Abstract
Ocean is considered as the most stable ecosystem pertaining to its vast body, various currents, its physical and chemical phenomenon and self-sustainability. For centuries ocean owned a great buffering system resisting any change in its profile. However humans have managed to exhaust this ability of oceans by endlessly polluting it and hence the changes in the physical and chemical characteristic of ocean are now very prominent. There is enormous scientific literature which asserts the negative impact of pollutants on marine life. Zooplanktons and phytoplanktons marks the beginning of aquatic food web hence any change at this level will be significantly seen on the higher trophic level due to the phenomenon of bioaccumulation and biomagnificiation. The following review deals with the effect of various physical and chemical parameters such as temperature, UV radiation, pesticides, fertilizers, petroleum and its derivatives, plastic, metals and heavy metals etc. on numerous characteristics of sea water. These changes consequently affect the biochemical profile of planktons, the mechanism of which has been further discussed in this review.
- Subjects
OCEANOGRAPHY; ZOOPLANKTON; POPULATION dynamics
- Publication
Universal Journal of Environmental Research & Technology, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 3, p97
- ISSN
2249-0256
- Publication type
Article