Scales characterising a high density thin layer of Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg and its transport within a coastal jet
Scales characterising a high density thin layer of Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg and its transport within a coastal jet
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DOI:
10.1016/j.hal.2011.11.003
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
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6.6
通讯作者:
Raine, Robin
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作者:
Farrell, Hazel;Gentien, Patrick;Raine, Robin
An investigation into the distribution of Dinophysis spp. in coastal waters off the south coast of Ireland was carried out in July 2007. Dinophysis acuta was present as a sub surface layer containing up to 55,000 cells L-1. The population had a high percentage of viable cells (mean: 89%; median: 94%; n = 24) with a high specific division rate (similar to 0.55 d(-1)). The layer, of approximately 5 m thickness, did not coincide with the fluorescence maximum and was present as a patch of horizontal dimension less than 10 km x 7 km. Both conventional and towed undulating CTD used in conjunction with high vertical resolution sampling methods showed the patch of Dinophysis to move with a similar speed and direction as the coastal flow, which ran parallel to the coast in the form of a coastal jet with speed of the order of 6.5-7 km day(-1). The implications of the alongshore transport of populations of harmful species in coastal jets for monitoring programmes and predictive models are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.