Reconstruction of Pyrodinium Blooms in the Tropical East Pacific (Mexico): Are They Related to ENSO?

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 46; no. 12; pp. 6830 - 6834
• Main Authors: Sanchez-Cabeza, Joan-Albert, Ruiz-Fernández, Ana Carolina, de Vernal, Anne, Machain-Castillo, Maria Luisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 19.06.2012
• Subjects: Algae; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Cysts; Dinoflagellida - physiology; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; El Nino; Environmental science; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Harmful Algal Bloom; Ocean currents; Pacific Ocean; Plankton; Public health; Toxins; Tropical Climate; Central America; Mexico; Pacific Ocean; East Pacific; Equatorial Pacific; America; Gulf of Tehuantepec; El Niño; Bloom

Some microplanktonic species, mostly dinoflagellates, causing Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), produce toxins which may affect the environment and human health, thus causing important economic losses. The dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum is one of the main species causing harmful alga...