Environmental correlates of community composition and toxicity during a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-295

  Macintyre, Hugh L ^a,b   Stutes, Adrienne L ^a,c   Smith, William L ^d   Dorsey, Carol P ^d   Annabraham, ^d   Dickey, Robert W ^e  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^d ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom; Domoic acid; Groundwater discharge; Pigment; Pseudo nitzschia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRADIANCE; MICROALGA; NITRATE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; SKELETONEMA;

EID: 79951779344     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq146     Document Type: Article

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