Anoxia in southern Benguela during the autumn of 2009 and its linkage to a bloom of the dinoflagellate Ceratium balechii

Harmful Algae

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-32

  Pitcher, Grant C ^a,b   Probyn, Trevor A ^a  

^a Fisheries Research and Development   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Ceratium balechii; Red tide; Southern Benguela; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CERATIUM BALECHII; DINOPHYCEAE; JASUS LALANDII; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 82455212993     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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