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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Geophys Res. 2006 Nov 7;111(C11003):1–46. doi: 10.1029/2004JC002813

Table 1.

First Occurrences of Red Tides of Karenia spp./Gyrodinium aureolum Within Coastal Habitats, Adjacent to Populations of Trichodesmium Within Warm Western Boundary Currents, and Downstream of Arid Regions

Species Year Region Boundary Currenta Desert
K. brevis 1844 West Florida Shelf Loop Sahara
K. mikimoto 1893 Toba, Ise Bay, Japan Kuroshio Gobi
K. brevis 1935 South Texas Shelf Loop Sahara
K. mikimotoi 1998 Hong Kong, southern China Kuroshio Gobi
K. digitata 2000 Hong Kong Kuroshio Gobi
K. longicanalis 2001 Hong Kong Kuroshio Gobi
Gyrodinium aureolum 1966 Southern Norway Gulf Stream Sahara
G. aureolum 1968 Western Denmark Gulf Stream Sahara
G. aureolum 1971 Eastern Irish Sea Gulf Stream Sahara
G. aureolum 1976 Southern Ireland Gulf Stream Sahara
G. aureolum 1978 Western France Gulf Stream Sahara
G. aureolum 1981 Southern Brazil Brazil -
G. aureolum 1988 Northern Argentina Brazil Patagonia
K. spp. 1999 Southern Chile Shelf El Nino/Humboldta Altacama
G. aureolum 1991 Tunisia Sahara
K. selliformis 1999 Kuwait Arabia
K. bicuneiformis 2003 Gordon's Bay, S. Africa Agulhas Kalahari
K. cristata 2003 Walker Bay, S. Africa Agulhas Kalahari
G. aureolum 1987 Hauraki Gulf East Auckland Simpson
K. mikimotoi 1992 Hauraki Gulf East Auckland Simpson
K. brevisulcata 2000 Wellington Harbor East Auckland Simpson
K. concordia 2004 Hauraki Gulf East Auckland Simpson
K. papilionacea 2004 New Zealand East Auckland Simpson
K. asterichroma 2004 Tasmania East Australian Simpson
K. umbella 2004 Tasmania East Australian Simpson
K. umbella 2004 Western Australia Leeuwina Great Western
a

The Humboldt and Leeuwin habitats are eastern boundary currents along South America and West Australia that at times flow polewards, in response to respective interannual and seasonal changes of alongshore pressure gradients.