Environmental factors contributing to the development and demise of a toxic dinoflagellate (Karlodinium veneficum) bloom in a shallow, eutrophic, lagoonal estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-418

  Hall, Nathan S ^a   Litaker, R Wayne ^b   Fensin, Elizabeth ^c   Adolf, Jason E ^d   Bowers, Holly A ^d   Place, Allen R ^d   Paerl, Hans W ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Environmental Sciences Section   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Fish kill; Harmful algal bloom; Karlodinium veneficum; Toxin

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CLIMATE FORCING; CONVERGENCE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; KARLODINIUM;

EID: 46249122074     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9035-x     Document Type: Article

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