Journal
CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 106-121Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.03.011
Keywords
Karenia brevis HABs; Red tide initiation; Anomalous upwelling; Shelf water properties
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- NOAA [NA11-NOS0120033, NA15-NOS4780174]
- NASA [NNX09AT48G, NNX14AL98G]
- Cnes
- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- BP GoMRI C-Image Program
- NASA [NNX09AT48G, 107962] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
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Harmful algal blooms of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis require an upwelling circulation to manifest along the coastline of the West Florida Continental Shelf. Too much upwelling, however, can impede bloom formation by increasing inorganic nutrient levels to the point where faster growing phytoplankton such as diatoms may out-compete the slower growing K. brevis, as occurred in 1998 and 2010. Both 2012 and 2013 experienced persistent upwelling, but only 2012 exhibited a robust harmful algal bloom. Here we examine the subtle differences in the coastal ocean circulation between those two years that led to the disparate bloom evolutions. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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