Observations on the 1986-1987 Texas Red Tide (Ptychodiscus brevis)

dc.acquisition-srcDr. James Baker's Working Collectionen_US
dc.call-noen_US
dc.call-noSPEC COLL GBAY ACC#10246
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorTrebatoski, Boben_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:47:23Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:47:23Z
dc.date.issued1988en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description48 pages; available for download at the link below.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractFrom August 1986 thru January of 1987 a red tide caused by the unarmored dinoflagellate Ptychodiscus brevis impacted Texas coastal and Gulf of Mexico waters from Galveston to Port Isabel, TX and extended into Mexican waters. The red tide resulted in extensive fish kills, human respiratory and dermal irritation and closure of shellfish harvesting. This report documents the movement of and areas impacted by the red tide, through plankton and water chemistry samples and boat and aerial surveys. Water chemistry data from samples taken during the bloom were in agreement with those of other red tide studies but failed to correlate with cell densities. P. brevis densities ranged to an estimated high of 1.1 million cells/ml (Rockport Harbor). Vertebrate and invertebrates killed during the even were estimated at greater than 22.2 million.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeCoastal Texasen_US
dc.history2-13-09 ksw; 12-16-10 kswen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18723
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dc.locationAvailable for download at the link below.en_US
dc.locationGBIC Special Collection
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Water Commissionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10246en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesReport 88-02en_US
dc.subjectalgae: Ptychodiscus brevisen_US
dc.subjectred tideen_US
dc.titleObservations on the 1986-1987 Texas Red Tide (Ptychodiscus brevis)en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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