Subsurface dinoflagellate populations, frontal blooms and the formation of red tide in the southern Benguela upwelling system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 172, Issue , 1998, Pages 253-264

  Pitcher, G C ^a   Boyd, A J ^a   Horstman, D A ^a   Mitchell Innes, B A ^a  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Frontal blooms; Red tide; Subsurface populations; Upwelling systems

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FRONTAL FEATURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED TIDE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA SYSTEM;

EID: 0032558770     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps172253     Document Type: Article

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