Abstract
During the summer of 1985, certain Long Island coastal embayments experienced dense phytoplankton blooms. These blooms, popularly called the “brown tide”, grew to such extreme cell densities that the subsequent increased light attenuation caused the devastation of local eelgrass beds. The high cell densities also interfered with proper grazing by the commercially valuable bay scallop (Cosper et al., 1987). These blooms returned during the summers of 1986 and, to a lesser degree, 1987.
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Dzurica, S., Lee, C., Cosper, E.M., Carpenter, E.J. (1989). Role of Environmental Variables, Specifically Organic Compounds and Micronutrients, in the Growth of the Chrysophyte Aureococcus Anophagefferens. In: Cosper, E.M., Bricelj, V.M., Carpenter, E.J. (eds) Novel Phytoplankton Blooms. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75280-3_13
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