Novel and nuisance phytoplankton blooms in the sea : evidence for a global epidemic

Evidence is presented from the Baltic Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak, Dutch Wadden Sea, North Sea, Black Sea, Tolo Harbour (Hong Kong) and Seto Inland Sea that a long-term trend in increased frequency and dynamics of novel phytoplankton blooms of indigenous species, both benign and harmful ones, has ...