First report on Noctiluca scintillans blooms in the Red Sea off the coasts of Saudi Arabia: Consequences of eutrophication

Oceanologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Mohamed, Zakaria A ^a,b   Mesaad, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Noctiluca scintillans; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 35048848926     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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