A fish kill of massive proportion in Kuwait Bay, Arabian Gulf, 2001: The roles of bacterial disease, harmful algae, and eutrophication

Harmful Algae

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-231

  Glibert, Patricia M ^a   Landsberg, Jan H ^b   Evans, Joyce J ^c   Al Sarawi, Mohammad A ^d   Faraj, Muna ^d   Al Jarallah, Mohammad A ^e   Haywood, Allison ^b,f   Ibrahem, Shahnaz ^d   Klesius, Phil ^c   Powell, Christine ^g   Shoemaker, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^d Environment Public Authority Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^f Florida Institute of Oceanography   (United States)

^g Charleston SC 29412 USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratium furca; Eutrophication; Fish kill; Gymnodinium catenatum; Gyrodinium impudicum; Inorganic nutrients; Kuwait Bay; Organic nutrients; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; PSP; Pyrodinium sp.; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; MASS MORTALITY; TOXIC ORGANISM;

PERSIAN GULF;

ALGAE; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CERATIUM; CERATIUM FURCA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM; GYRODINIUM; GYRODINIUM IMPUDICUM; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; LIZA; LIZA KLUNZINGERI; PYRODINIUM; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE VAR. COMPRESSUM; SPARUS; SPARUS AURATA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0242407704     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9883(02)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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