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Drift rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA: Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication
| Title: | Drift rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA: Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication. |
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| Name(s): |
Lapointe, Brian E., creator Bedford, Bradley J., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 2007 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 18 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 2875921 (digitool), FADT2875921 (IID), fau:5589 (fedora), 10.1016/j.hal.2006.12.005 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Macroalgal blooms have increased globally in recent decades as a result of increased nutrient enrichment and eutrophication of coastal waters. In Lee County, Florida, this problem reached a critical stage in 2003/2004 when massive rhodophyte blooms washed ashore, making beaches unsuitable for recreation and requiring an expensive removal program. To better understand the ecology of these blooms, water quality and macroalgae sampling was conducted in August 2004, prior to hurricane Charley, and again in late October following several months of large freshwater discharges from the Caloosahatchee River. During both samplings, water and macroalgae were collected along a gradient extending from the Caloosahatchee River to natural and artificial reefs up to 26 km from shore. This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hal locate and may be cited as: Lapointe, B.E. and Bedford, B.J. (2007) Drift Rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA: Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication. Harmful Algae 6(3): 421-437 doi:10.1016/j.hal.2006.12.005 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1619. |
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| Subject(s): |
Nitrogen Phosphorus Algae Eutrophication Red algae |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2875921 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2006.12.005 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©2007 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Other Version: | This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms, may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The definitive version has been published at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hal locate and may be cited as: Lapointe, B.E. and Bedford, B.J. (2007) Drift Rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA: Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication. Harmful Algae 6(3): 421-437 doi:10.1016/j.hal.2006.12.005. |
