Cretaceous-Eocene dinoflagellate blooms of the James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Carvalho, M. A., Rodriguez Amenabar, Cecilia, Costa, H., Abbate, V., Santiago, G.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Caldas
• Subjects: DINOFLAGELLATE BLOOMS; CRETACEOUS; CENOZOIC; ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hill Island; Marambio; Ross Island; Seymour; Snow Hill; Snow Hill Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; James Ross Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/240548

Studies conducted to date indicate that the records of fossil dinoflagellate blooms are relatively well-known. This natural phenomenon of flowering or proliferation (bloom) of algae usually occurs in response to sudden environmental or climatic changes, leading to a monospecific or few-species assem...