Swarming of Dinoflagellates in Delaware Bay, New Jersey
- 1 October 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Botanical Gazette
- Vol. 88 (2) , 218-224
- https://doi.org/10.1086/333991
Abstract
Instances of red water occurring in Delaware Bay and due to the swarming of Amphidinium fusi-forme and other dinoflagellates are described. It is suggested that the characteristic color of the water which gives the phenomenon its name is due to the reddish fluorescence of the chlorophyll present in such great quantities. A factor tending to hold the cells together in dense masses, once they are brought together, may be the gelatinization of the outer envelope of the active cells, not heretofore noted in this connection.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- On the recent discolouration of the waters of Port JacksonRecords of the Australian Museum, 1891