Contrasting wind patterns and toxigenic phytoplankton in the southern Benguela upwelling system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 348, Issue , 2007, Pages 19-31

  Fawcett, A ^a   Pitcher, G C ^b   Bernard, S ^a   Cembella, A D ^c   Kudela, R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal toxins; Diatom; Dinoflagellate; Harmful algal bloom; Southern Benguela; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COASTAL CURRENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOMINANCE; HYDROGRAPHY; STRATIFICATION; TOXIN; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WIND;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; BENGUELA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; AQUILEGIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; PROTOCERATIUM RETICULATUM; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 36549011182     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07027     Document Type: Article

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