Environmental and Physical Controls on the Formation and Transport of Blooms of the Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides Margalef in the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1006-1025

  Morse, Ryan E ^a   Shen, Jian ^b   Blanco Garcia, Jose L ^c   Hunley, William S ^d   Fentress, Scott ^d   Wiggins, Mike ^d   Mulholland, Margaret R ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Cochlodinium polykrikoides; Estuarine circulation; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FLUSHING; MIXING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STRATIFICATION; TRIBUTARY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; COCHLODINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 85027919884     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9398-2     Document Type: Article

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