Environmental Factors Contributing to the Development and Demise of a Toxic Dinoflagellate (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Karlodinium veneficum</Emphasis>) Bloom in a Shallow,Eutrophic, Lagoonal Estuary |
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| Authors: | Nathan S Hall R Wayne Litaker Elizabeth Fensin Jason E Adolf Holly A Bowers Allen R Place Hans W Paerl |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA;(2) National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA;(3) Environmental Sciences Section, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Raleigh, NC 27699-1621, USA;(4) Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA |
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| Abstract: | A dense bloom of the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum was discovered in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, on 19 October 2006 and was associated with four subsequent fish
kills. Microscopic, photopigment, DNA, and toxicological techniques confirmed bloom identity and toxicity. High-resolution
spatio-temporal data from ship-board and fixed automated sampling stations provided a unique opportunity to investigate the
environmental conditions that initiated, maintained, and terminated the K. veneficum bloom. Bloom initiation and growth were favored by high nutrient availability and reduced dispersal during the period of
declining riverine discharge after Tropical Storm Ernesto. K. veneficum out-competed other co-occurring dinoflagellates, perhaps because of the production of karlotoxins that are known to act as
grazing deterrents and to facilitate mixotrophic feeding. Once the bloom was established, small-scale hydrodynamic processes,
coupled with vertical migration, concentrated cells along a frontal convergence to high densities (>200,000 cells per milliliter).
By 26 October 2006, wind mixing and possible nutrient stress disrupted the bloom. Release of cell-bound toxins during the
bloom collapse likely accounted for the associated fish kill events where fish were reported as exhibiting typical symptoms
of karlotoxin poisoning. The dynamics of this bloom underscore the tight control of harmful algal blooms by meteorological
forcing, hydrology, and sediment nutrient input in this shallow lagoonal estuary. |
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