Gymnodinium breve red tide blooms: Initiation, transport, and consequences of surface circulation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5 II, 1997, Pages 1039-1051

  Tester, Patricia A ^a   Steidinger, Karen A ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CURRENTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; EDDY SYSTEMS; RED TIDES;

GULF OF MEXICO;

GYMNODINIUM BREVE;

EID: 0000802244     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.5_part_2.1039     Document Type: Article

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