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Observations on a Gyrodinium aureolum (Dinophyta) bloom off the south coast of ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. Pybus
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University College, Galway, Republic of Ireland

Extract

Gyrodinium aureclum formed an extensive red tide off the south and south-west coasts of Ireland in 1978. Here are presented observations, made off Kinsale, about the biology of the bloom and the nutrient water chemistry associated with the bloom. Comparisons are made with other Gyrodinium red tides which have been recorded in the literature.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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