• Login
    View Item 
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Marine Environment & Food Safety Services
    • Phytoplankton
    • View Item
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Marine Environment & Food Safety Services
    • Phytoplankton
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of Marine OARCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Harmful phytoplankton events caused by variability in the Irish Coastal Current along the west of Ireland

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    O'Boyle et al. Harmful phytopl ...
    Size:
    233.3Kb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    O'Boyle, S.
    Nolan, G.
    Raine, R.
    Keyword
    Phytoplankton
    Algal bloom
    Ireland
    Date
    2001
    Publisher
    UNESCO IOC
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Frequent sampling in summer along the western and northwestern coasts of Ireland showed the rapid onshore development of blooms of potentially harmful phytoplankton species. In both 1998 and 1999, concentrations of Gyrodinium cf. aureolum rose by four orders of magnitude to over one million cells per litre in Donegal Bay(northwestern Ireland) in less than 10days. The rapid development of these populations was linked to advection resulting from unfavourable wind-forcing of the Irish Coastal Current (ICG) which runs northwards along the western Irish coast. Current measurements showed that after a particular sequence of changes in wind direction phytoplankton populations could be rapidly advected from areas of slack circulation on the shelf via the ICC into aquaculturally sensitive coastal zones such as Donegal Bay. The model presented is similar to one already demonstrated for the occurrence of toxic events in the bays of southwestern Ireland. Other historical harmful events along the west and northwest coasts relating to substantial losses in both finfish and shellfish culture could also be explained using the model. These include the G. aureolum bloom of 1992, the Prorocentrum balticum bloom in 1997.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1300
    Citation
    Boyle, S., Nolan, G. and Raine, R. (2001). Harmful phytoplankton events caused by variability in the Irish Coastal Current along the west of Ireland. In: G.M. Hallegraeff et al (eds.) Harmful algal blooms 2000: proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hobart, Australia, 7-l 1 February 2000, pp. 145-148 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001266/126659eo.pdf
    Collections
    Phytoplankton

    entitlement

     
    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2025)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.