A coccolithophorid bloom in Jervis Bay, Australia

• SI Blackburn

• G Cresswell

抄録

A massive algal bloom of the coccolithophorid Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner (Prymnesiophyceae) developed in Jervis Bay, a coastal embayment at 34�s on the New South Wales coast, in mid December 1992. The bloom coloured the entire bay a dramatic milky blue-green, which was clearly visible from aircraft and detectable in the visible band by the US satellite NOAA-11. The bloom, which reached cell densities of 1.8 x 107 cells L-1, persisted for a month. Such high densities of coccolithophorids have not been recorded before in Australian waters. Furthermore, it is the first record, world-wide, of a large-scale mono-specific bloom of G. oceanica. The bloom is suggested to have been driven by an intrusion of continental-slope water that continuously entered into the bottom of the bay.

収録刊行物

• Marine and Freshwater Research

  Marine and Freshwater Research 44 (2), 253-, 1993

  CSIRO Publishing

キーワード

• Ecology
• Aquatic Science
• Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
• Oceanography

詳細情報

• CRID: 1362825894113726336
• NII論文ID: 30022620861
• NII書誌ID: AA00555951
• DOI: 10.1071/mf9930253
• ISSN: 13231650
• Web Site: http://www.publish.csiro.au/MF/pdf/MF9930253
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