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Abundance and Distribution of Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton in Great South Bay, New York During the Brown Tide Outbreaks of 1985 and 1986

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Throughout the summers of 1985 and 1986, a previously undescribed, small (2–3 µm) chrysophyte bloomed monospecifically (109 cells l−1) in many shallow, coastal estuaries of the northeast coast of the United States (Cosper et al., 1987). These blooms were popularly referred to as the “Brown Tide” due to the intense brown coloring of the waters. The ultrastructure and morphology of the new Chrysophyte responsible for the “Brown Tides”, Aureococcus anophagefferens has been described by Sieburth et al. (1988).

Contribution No. 644, Marine Sciences Research Center and No. 1993, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

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Quaglietta, CE., Duguay, L.E., Monteleone, D.M. (1989). Abundance and Distribution of Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton in Great South Bay, New York During the Brown Tide Outbreaks of 1985 and 1986. 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_33

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