Spatiotemporal Distribution of Harmful Algal Flora in the Tropical Estuarine Complex of Goa, India

Table 2

Percent compositions of dominant HAB species in each group outlined by the cluster analysis based on SIMPER analysis.

Genera/species
	Different cluster groups
	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V	Group VI	Group VII
	Total HAB composition (%)
Chaetoceros curvisetum	4.82	—	—	7.73	5.20	—	—
Coscinodiscus concinnus	7.88	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coscinodiscus wailesii	3.71	6.44	7.53	10.80	5.47	6.00	6.95
Coscinodiscus centralis	4.48	7.25	8.12	9.22	4.87	6.77	7.42
Cylindrotheca closterium	5.19	11.27	14.74	8.93	6.75	7.47	8.11
Ditylum brightwellii	3.47	6.38	—	15.94	6.14	8.46	6.59
Leptocylindrus danicus	4.28	6.94	8.46	6.69	6.20	8.09	5.75
Leptocylindrus minimus	4.18	3.47	6.87	—	5.84	—	8.32
Pseudo-nitzschia multiseriata	—	7.09	—	—	4.99	—	—
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata	3.41	3.40	7.69	—	4.48	6.60	6.88
Rhizosolenia delicatula	4.30	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rhizosolenia fragilissima	6.39	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rhizosolenia setigera	3.48	7.68	9.03	7.33	6.16	7.48	7.35
Rhizosolenia stolterforthii	1.98	—	—	—	4.98	7.22	—
Skeletonema costatum	5.60	8.29	8.99	17.78	8.06	9.07	7.06
Thalassiosira rotula	6.34	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ceratium furca	4.54	7.00	6.79	8.40	5.56	7.40	7.08
Dinophysis caudata	—	—	6.27	—	—	—	—
Gymnodinium breve	3.86	—	—	—	2.01	—	—
Gymnodinium splendens	3.41	—	—	—	4.29	6.03	—
Prorocentrum gracile	3.58	5.89	6.74	—	4.14	—	5.66
Prorocentrum micans	4.48	6.71	8.76	7.17	5.34	6.02	6.86
Protoperidinium brevipes	6.38	—	—	—	—	—	5.94
Protoperidinium steinii	—	—	—	—	—	7.17	6.85
Scrippsiella trochoidea	4.23	6.98	—	—	5.21	6.24	3.17
Distephanus speculum	—	5.23	—	—	4.29	—	—