'Blooms' of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum as evidence of climatic fluctuations in the late Holocene of southwestern Scandinavia

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Thorsen, Thor A., Dale, Barrie, Nordberg, Kjell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1995
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Kattegat; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500406; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500406

Previous reports have suggested climatic fluctuations as a possible factor controlling 'blooms' of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943 that occurred in Scandinavian waters at about 4000 and between 2000 and 300 BP. Evidence of climatic fluctuations associated with th...