Table 1.
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 |
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.