Spatial and biological oceanographic insights into the massive fish-killing bloom of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway

• Published in: Harmful Algae
• Main Authors: John, Uwe, Supraha, Luka, Gran-Stadniczeñko, Sandra, Bunse, Carina, Cembella, Allan, Eikrem, Wenche, Janouskovec, Jan, Klemm, Kerstin, Kühne, Nancy, Naustvoll, Lars Johan, Voss, Daniela, Wohlrab, Sylke, Edvardsen, Bente
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Norway; Balsfjorden; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3019037; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102287

A bloom of the fish-killing haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway during May and June 2019 was the most harmful algal event ever recorded in the region, causing massive mortalities of farmed salmon. Accordingly, oceanographic and biodiversity aspects of the bloom were studied in...