Climate-driven range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans into the Southern Ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-337

  McLeod, David J ^a,c   Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M ^b   Hosie, Graham W ^c   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; continuous plankton recorder; East Australian current; Noctiluca; range expansion; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; RANGE EXPANSION; RED TIDE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

DINOPHYCEAE; NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 84858169508     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr112     Document Type: Article

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