Observations of a thin near surface layer in an estuarine environment: An exceptional bloom of the dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea in the Lee estuary (Lough Mahon), Co. Cork, in September 2010

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-248

  O'Boyle, Shane ^a   McDermott, Georgina ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Estuary; Ireland; Phytoplankton; Thin layer; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; IRELAND; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; THIN LAYERS; THIN NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; WATER EXCHANGE RATES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUPERSATURATION; WATER QUALITY; CARBON; ESTUARIES; OXYGEN;

ESTUARIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL MAT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL A; DILUTION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PYCNOCLINE; SUPERSATURATION; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

COUNTY CORK; IRELAND; LEE ESTUARY; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

AKASHIWO SANGUINEA; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84900586926     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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