Massive outbreaks of Noctiluca scintillans blooms in the Arabian Sea due to spread of hypoxia

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Do Rosário Gomes, Helga ^a   Goes, Joaquim I ^a   Matondkar, S G P ^b   Buskey, Edward J ^c   Basu, Subhajit ^d   Parab, Sushma ^e   Thoppil, Prasad ^f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HYPOXIA; MIXING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENDOSYMBIONT; FISHERY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HYPOXIA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS; PEDINOMONAS;

CHLOROPHYTA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84922134768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5862     Document Type: Article

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