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- Title
Climate-driven range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans into the Southern Ocean.
- Authors
McLeod, David J.; Richardson, Anthony J.; Hosie, Graham W.; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M.
- Abstract
We describe a climate-driven range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans into the Southern Ocean (45°31′S 147°E). Sea surface height data showed that a warm-core eddy moving southwards from Tasmania was the potential vector for the transport of Noctiluca. We provide evidence for active feeding of Noctiluca on Southern Ocean phytoplankton. Possible competition with other grazers may have implications for food web dynamics were Noctiluca to become established in the Southern Ocean.
- Subjects
ANTARCTIC Ocean; EAST Australian Current; TASMANIA; NOCTILUCA; CLIMATE change research; FOOD chains; MARINE ecology
- Publication
Journal of Plankton Research, 2012, Vol 34, Issue 4, p332
- ISSN
0142-7873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/plankt/fbr112