Wind-driven river plume dynamics and toxic Alexandrium tamarense blooms in the St. Lawrence estuary (Canada): A modeling study

Harmful Algae

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-227

  Fauchot, Juliette ^a,b   Saucier, François J ^a   Levasseur, Maurice ^c   Roy, Suzanne ^a   Zakardjian, Bruno ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense; Coupled physical biological model; Harmful algal blooms; River plume dynamics; St. Lawrence estuary

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 36849066251     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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