Hypothesis for the role of toxin-producing algae in Phanerozoic mass extinctions based on evidence from the geologic record and modern environments

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Castle, James W ^a   Rodgers Jr , John H ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; ALGAL TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BLUE GREEN ALGAE; CLIMATIC WARMING; CYANOBACTERIAL MATS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORDS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; INORGANIC CARBON; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS MORTALITY; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OXYGEN DEPLETION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; WARM WATER;

BLOOMS (METAL); GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMALS; METABOLITES; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALGAE;

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; INORGANIC CARBON; MASS EXTINCTION; MASS MORTALITY; METAZOAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHANEROZOIC; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; AVES; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 77957914299     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/eg.08110808003     Document Type: Article

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