The Effects of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients on Eutrophication Situations of Trat Bay, Trat Province
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dissolved inorganic nutrients on eutrophication situations of Trat Bay during 2 seasons: dry season (March) and rainy season (July). The collected water samples from 15 stations were examined for water quality factors including temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, silicate and orthophosphate. The results showed that the seasonal factor affecting the alteration of eutrophication situations in Trat Bay was related to the changing of dissolved inorganic groups of nitrogen and phosphorus especially in the rainy season with the high amount of inorganic nitrogen. The high inorganic nitrogen exceeding the eutrophic level caused high amount of the chlorophyll-a making the Trat bay into Hypertrophic situation (higher than eutrophication by 5 times). In addition, the phosphorus concentration was the limiting factor of phytoplankton growth in the rainy season which was correlated by Redfield ratio (N:P) of 45.7. Hence, discharging of phosphorus through various activities of land utilizations resulted in degrading the Trat Bay water qualities by algal bloom.
Keywords : dissolved inorganic nutrients ; eutrophication ; Trat Bay
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