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Citation: Ottway, B., Parker, M., McGrath, D. & Crowley, M. 1979 Observations on a bloom of Gyrodinium aureolum Hulbert on the south coast of Ireland, summer 1976, associated with mortalities of littoral and sub-littoral organisms. Irish Fisheries Investigations 18B: 1-9


Number of Pages: 9

Keywords: Annelida, Benthos, Fauna, Flora, Littoral, Marine, Mollusca, Plankton, Polychaeta, Sublittoral, Wexford, Worm

Abstract: Paper discusses the possible origins of a bloom of the naked dinoflagellate Gyrodinium aureolum, which was associated with a large number of mortalities of the lugworm (Arenicola marina) on the south Wexford coast in summer 1976.