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Paper Title : Nutrients Analysis of Salt Marsh Plant (Spartina alterniflora) at Moheshkhali Coastal Area, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

ISSN : 2395-1303
Year of Publication : 2021
10.29126/23951303/IJET-V7I2P10

Authors: Rashidul Alam, Mohammad Saydul Islam Sarkar, Md. Ashraful Azam Khan

         


Abstract
- The study on nutrients analysis of salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora was conducted in the vicinity of Moheshkhali Coast, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The experiment was laid out firstly quadrate methods then in Randomized Complete Block Design with a split plot arrangement of three was allotted to sub plots. Three (3) transects approximately 50m long was set in each site parallel to the shore and perpendicular to the creek. Every transect was 100m apart from previous one. Each transect will be drawn from the bank of the tidal creek and will be extended towards the upland. Transect 1 will be set in the upland (mid tide. mark) and Transect 3 will be set in the seaward position. Transect 2 will be set in the middle of each experimental plot. Three stations namely station -1,2,3. In each site quadrates (1 X 1 m2 ) of same size will be set in the centre of each station for the collection of sample from each quadrates (30cm X 30cm) were hand collected using spade, hand corer, cutter, poly bag in different vegetative stages of salt marsh. The highest values of protein of Spartina alterniflora plant were recorded 12.35± 0.53%, 12.09±0.32% and 11.69±0.16% from station-1, station-2 and station-3 respectively. One factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the protein in salt marsh plant was significantly different between three stations are p=0.5627(p>0.05). The highest values of fat of Spartina alterniflora plant were recorded 0.51± 0.05%, 0.45±0.04% and 0.40±0.04% from station-1, station-2 and station-3 respectively. One factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the fat of Spartina alterniflora plant was significantly different between three stations are p=0.0187(P<0.05). The highest values of ash of Spartina alterniflora plant were recorded 21.30± 0.89%, 21.28±0.61% and 20.63±0.44% from station-1, station-2 and station-3 respectively. One factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the ash was significantly different between three stations are p=0.607(P>0.05). The highest values of moisture of Spartina alterniflora plant were recorded 19.84± 0.78%, 20.50±0.54% and 21.1±0.07% from station-1, station-2 and station-3 respectively. One factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that the moisture was significantly different between three stations are p=0.00186(P<0.05). The present study guessed that the variations of nutrients were strongly correlated with the hydrological parameters as well as minerals of the salt marsh (Spartina alterniflora) plant and their growing bed of the Moheshkhali Coast near jetty, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and it requires more researches and analysis.

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Keywords
-Nutrients, Salt marsh plant, Protein, Fat, Ash, etc