Oceanographical Context of the First Bloom of the Silicoflagellate Octactis speculum (Ehrenberg) Recorded to Cause Salmon Mortality in a Galician Ria: Was This Bloom a Rare Event in the Iberian Coast?

• Published in: Toxins
• Main Authors: Ricardo Prego, Rafael Carballeira, Yolanda Pazos, Roberto Bao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: harmful algal blooms; HAB; fish mortality; marine phytoplankton; hydrography; nutrient salts; Medicine; R; Sutherland; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15070435; https://doaj.org/article/f682d181ffb64b74b35cf2bfd950b753

Harmful algal blooms are one of the leading causes of mortality in salmon aquaculture, with significant economic consequences. From 15 to 31 October 1996, a bloom of the skeletonized form of Octactis speculum (Ehrenberg) F.H. Chang, J.M. Grieve & J.E. Sutherland was detected in the small Merexo...