A recurrent and localized dinoflagellate bloom in a Mediterranean beach

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2373-2391

  Garcés, Esther ^a   Masó, Mercedes ^a   Camp, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; LITERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BEACH; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY;

CATALONIA; LA FOSCA; SPAIN;

ALEXANDRIUM TAYLORI; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033376910     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.12.2373     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anderson, D.M. (1989) Toxic algal blooms and red tides: A global perspective. In Okaichi, T., Anderson, D.M. and Nemoto, T. (eds), Red Tides: Biology, Environmental Science and Toxicology. Elsevier, New York, pp. 11-16.
2. Anderson, D.M. (1997) Bloom dynamics of toxic Alexandrium species in the northeastern U.S. Limnol. Oceanogr., 42, 1009-1022.
3. Anderson, D.M. (1998) Physiology and bloom dynamics of toxic Alexandrium species, with emphasis on life cycle transitions. In Anderson, D.A., Cembella, A.D. and Hallegraeff, G.M. (eds), The Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms. Bermuda Biological Station, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 29-48.
4. Anderson, D.M. and Keafer, B.A. (1987) An endogenous annual clock in the toxic marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax tamarensis. Nature, 325, 616-617.
5. Anderson, D.M. and Morel, F.M.M. (1979) The seeding of two red tide blooms by the germination of benthic Gonyaulax tamarensis hypnocysts. Estuarine Coastal Mar. Sci., 8, 279-293.
6. Anderson, D.M. and Wall, D. (1978) Potential importance of benthic cysts of Gonyaulax tamarensis and G. excavata in initiating toxic dinoflagellate blooms. J. Phycol., 14, 224-234.
7. Anderson, D.M., Chisholm, S.W. and Watras, C.J. (1983) Importance of life cycle events in the population dynamics of Gonyaulax tamarensis. Mar. Biol., 76, 179-189.
8. Delgado, M., Estrada, M., Camp, J., Fernández, J.V., Santmartí, M. and Lletí, C. (1990) Development of a toxic Alexandrium minutum Halim (Dinophyceae) bloom in the harbour of Sant Carles de la Rápita (Ebro Delta, northwestern Mediterranean). Sci. Mar., 54, 1-7.
9. Delgado, M., Garcés, E., Vila, M. and Camp, J. (1997) Morphological variability in three populations of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium taylori. J. Plankton Res., 19, 749-757.
10. Figueiras, F.G. (1994) Red tide assemblage formation in an esturaine upwelling ecosystem: Ria de Vigo. J. Plankton Res., 16, 857-878.
11. Franks, P.J.S. and Anderson, D.M. (1992a) Alongshore transport of a toxic phytoplankton bloom in a buoyancy current: Alexandrium tamarense in the Gulf of Maine. Mar. Biol., 112, 153-165.
12. Franks, P.J.S. and Anderson, D.M. (1992b) Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the southwestern Gulf of Maine: testing hypotheses of physical control using historical data. Mar. Biol., 112, 165-174.
13. Fritz, L. and Triemer, R.E. (1985) A rapid simple technique utilizing calcofluor white M2R for the visualization of dinoflagellate thecal plates. J. Phycol., 21, 662-664.
14. Garcés, E. (1998) Proliferacions de dinoflagellades a la Costa Catalana: estudi del creixement in situ i adaptacions per al manteniment. PhD Thesis, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
15. Garcés, E., Delgado, M., Maso, M. and Camp, J. (1998) Life history and in situ growth rate of Alexandrium taylori (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol., 34, 880-887.
16. Giacobbe, M. and Yang, X. (1999) The life history of Alexandrium taylori (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol., 35, 331-338.
17. Halim, Y. (1960) Alexandrium minutum nov. g. nov. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des 'eaux rouges'. Vie Milieu, 11, 102-105.
18. Hallegraef, G.M. (1993) A review of harmful algal blooms and their apparent global increase. Phycologia, 32, 79-99.
19. Horstmann, U. (1980) Observations on the peculiar diurnal migration of a red tide Dinophyceae in tropical shallow waters. J. Phycol., 16, 481-485.
20. Lombard, E.H. and Capon, B. (1971) Observations on the tidepool ecology and behaviour of Peridinium gregarium. J. Phycol., 7, 188-194.
21. Margalef, R. (1957) Fitoplancton de las costas de Blanes (Gerona) de agosto de 1952 a junio de 1956. Invest. Pesq., 8, 89-95.
22. Margalef, R. (1969) Composición específica del fitoplancton de la costa catalano-levantina. Invest. Pesq., 33, 345-380.
23. Margalef, R. (1997) Turbulence and marine life. Sci. Mar., 61, 109-123.
24. Margalef, R. and Estrada, M. (1987) Synoptic distribution of summer microplankton (Algae and Protozoa) across the principal front in the Western Mediterranean. Invest. Pesq., 51, 121-140.
25. Montresor, M., Marino, D., Zingone, A. and Dafnis, G. (1990) Three Alexandrium species from coastal Tyrrhenian waters. In Granéli, E., Sundström, B., Edler, L. and Anderson, D.A. (eds), Toxic Marine Phytoplankton. Elsevier, New York, pp. 82-87.
26. Seliger, H.H., Carpenter, J.H., Loftus, M. and McElroy, W.D. (1970) Mechanisms for the accumulation of high concentrations of dinoflagellates in a bioluminescent bay. Limnol. Oceanogr., 15, 234-245.
27. Smayda, T.J. (1990) Novel and nuisance phytoplankton blooms in the sea: evidence for a global epidemic. In Granéli, E., Sundström, B., Edler, L. and Anderson, D.A. (eds), Toxic Marine Phytoplankton. Elsevier, New York, pp. 29-40.
28. Smayda, T.J. (1997) Harmful algal blooms: their ecophysiology and general relevance to phytoplankton blooms in the sea. Limnol. Oceanogr., 42, 1137-1153.
29. Steidinger, K.A. (1973) Phytoplankton ecology: a conceptual review based on eastern Gulf of Mexico research. CRC Rev. Microb., 3, 49-68.
30. Strickland, J.D.H. and Parsons, T.R. (1968) A Practical Handbook of Seawater Analysis. Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Ottawa.
31. Throndsen, J. (1995) Estimating Cell Numbers. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO) Manuals and Guides.
32. Tyler, M.A. and Seliger, H.H. (1981) Selection for a red tide organism: physiological responses to the physical environment. Limnol. Oceanogr., 26, 310-324.
33. Wyatt, T. and Jenkinson, I.R. (1997) Notes on Alexandrium population dynamics. J. Plankton Res., 19, 551-575.
34. Yentsch, C.S. and Menzel, D.W. (1963) A method for the determination of phytoplankton chlorophyll and phaeophytin by fluorescence. Deep-Sea Res., 10, 221-231.