International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 6 1 2017 01 2 Seasonal variation of Epifloral communities with respect to nutrient load in sediment of Tapi at Utran, Surat, India 25 27 EN Md Firoz Kalam 1 Department of Process Engineering and Engineering and Technology, Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, An der Karlstadt 8, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany S. Amuthenie 1 Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka Partheeban C. 1 Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu -641 003, India Vijayaraghavan H. 2 Department of Floriculture and Medicinal Crops, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu -641 003, India R.K. Narkhede 1 Department of Environmental Science, Maharashtra Udaygiri Mahavidyalaya, Udgir Dist. Latur Maharashtra, India J.M. Patwari 2 Department of Environmental Science, Maharashtra Udaygiri Mahavidyalaya, Udgir Dist. Latur Maharashtra, India Khushboo Patel 1 J.N.M. Patel Science College, Bharthana, Surat, Gujarat, India Kapila Manoj 2 Department of Aquatic Biology, VNSGU, Surat, Gujarat, India > Short Communication 2016 11 3 2017 01 2 This study was aimed to observe the Epifloral communities with respect to nutrient load (Nitrite, Nitrate, and Phosphate) seasonally. This study was carried out for one year from March - 2015 to February - 2016. Sediment samples were collected from Utran, Surat which is located near the Gas based power station on the bank of Tapi River. Sediment samples were collected monthly in morning hours. Samples were analysed for nitrate, nitrite and phosphate. During the study period, four families of epifloral communities were found i.e. Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae and Euglenophyceae with reference to seasonal nutrient load. Nutrient load was high in summer and showed the higher growth of Cyanophycaeae. In monsoon when nutrient load was less Chlorophyacae was observed highest. Copyright@ International Science Community Association