The distributions of seawater dimethylsulfide (DMS) and its precursor dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in and around a phytoplankton bloom off the east coast of northern Japan were investigated using seawater samples collected at ten stations from 14 to 28 April, 2007. The seawater samples were ...
Since May 2024, satellite images havehinted at a phytoplankton bloomdeveloping off the coast of southeast Greenland. But a near-constant stream of clouds prevented optical sensors from getting a clear look. That changed in mid-June, when a short-lived gap in the clouds over the North ...
Phytoplankton bloom (green and blue swirls) near the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea. The turquoise waters are likely colored by a type of phytoplankton called coccolithophores. This September 22, 2014, image was created with Landsat 8 data. Credit: NASA’s Goddar...
We generated a satellite-based dataset of phytoplankton bloom occurrence to characterize the spatial and temporal patterns of algal blooms in coastal oceans globally. The dataset was derived using global, 1-km resolution daily observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onb...
Off the coast of South Africa, near where the South Atlantic meets the Southern Indian Ocean, a massive summer phytoplankton bloom colored the waters with a swirl of turquoise, green and white in late December 2011. Although this circular bloom has the appearance of a precious antique gaming ma...
Phytoplankton blooms in coastal oceans can be beneficial to coastal fisheries production and ecosystem function, but can also cause major environmental problems1,2—yet detailed characterizations of bloom incidence and distribution are not available worl
Distinct phytoplankton blooms were observed on the coast of Victoria Land and in the open ocean waters of northern Ross Sea, with Chl reaching ~15.0 mg m−3 in the Terra Nova Bay. Specifically, the phytoplankton bloom in the open ocean waters was huge and extended into large areas over ...
Phytoplankton bloomA summertime bloom of oceanic phytoplankton near the Río de la Plata estuary of South America, 2006. biology Print Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, wheth...
Aerosol samples originating from the Australian wildfires contained a high iron content and atmospheric trajectories show that these aerosols were likely to be transported to the bloom regions, suggesting that the blooms resulted from the fertilization of the iron-limited waters of the Southern Ocean. ...
New bloom events may simply reflect indigenous populations that are discovered because of improved chemical detection methods and more observers. The discovery of ASP along the west coast of the USA in 1991 is a good example of this, as toxic diatom species were identified and their toxin detecte...