A total of 87 species of phytoplankton, including 16
red tide causative species, were identified. These belong to 50 genera of the Bacillariophyta, Pyrrhophyta, Euglenophyta,
Cyanophyta and Chlorophyta. Of the 54 diatom
species, the main genera were Nitzschia (six
species), Pleurosigma (six species) and Coscinodiscus
(four species)