The link between shrimp farm runoff and blooms of toxic <i>Heterosigma akashiwo</i> in Red Sea coastal waters

In May 2010 a copious bloom of the raphidophyte <i>Heterosigma akashiwo</i> was observed for the first time in Red Sea waters off the coasts of Saudi Arabia.This bloom was confined to an area where water and phytoplankton flow freely between the sea and a shrimp farm. The phytoplankton d...

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Main Authors: Zakaria A. Mohamed, Abdulrahman M. Al-Shehri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-04-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/54_2.html#A7