Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyta) bloom in an equatorial island of the Atlantic Ocean |
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Authors: | Nascimento Silvia Mattos França Julia Vitor Gonçalves José E A Ferreira Carlos E L |
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Institution: | Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Av. Pasteur, 458, Rio de Janeiro 22290-240, Brazil. silvia.nascimento@gmail.com |
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Abstract: | The epi-benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata Fukuyo has an increasingly global distribution. In Brazil there are reports of O. cf. ovata along the coast from 8°S to 27°S latitude and blooms have been registered on the Rio de Janeiro coastline. In the current study, an O. cf. ovata bloom is reported at Saint Paul's Rocks (0°55'10″N; 29°20'33″W), between the southern and northern hemispheres. The Archipelago is not inhabited and not subjected to eutrophication, due to isolation, and sustains a number of endemic species. Therefore, blooms of O. cf. ovata may potentially cause demise to trophic chains by affecting marine invertebrates and vertebrates. |
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