Ecology 6th Edition by Charles Krebs

Exercise 9

"Red tides" are spectacular dinoflagellate blooms that occur in the sea and often lead to mass mortality of marine fishes and invertebrates. Human deaths from eating shellfish poisoned with red tide algae is a worldwide problem. Review the evidence available about the origin of red tides, and discuss the implications for general ideas about what controls primary production in the sea. Landsberg (2002), Kubanek et al. (2005), and Wong et al. (2007) discuss this problem.