Algal situation reports

The diatom Proboscia alata was found in high concentrations at all stations in the Skagerrak and in Kat-tegat. The species diversity was generally low at all west coast stations. One or two chlorophyll maxima were found at all stations, mainly caused by P. alata and also by different species …

The phytoplankton diversity was generally low in the Kattegat and Skagerrak areas. Rather small chlorophyll fluorescence peaks were caused by a few diatom species and the dinoflagellate genus Ceratium. The summer bloom of cyanobacteria was ongoing in the Baltic Sea. Aphanizomenon flos-aquae …

Diatoms dominated along the Swedish west coast. The total cell concentrations were overall quite low. Chlorophyll concentrations were within normal at most stations except in the northern stations Å15 and Å13 where they were above normal for the month. The flagellate Pseudochattonella spp.*, …

Chlorophyll fluorescence maxima and some high measured chlorophyll concentrations in the Kattegat and Skagerrak areas were mainly caused by the flagellate Pseudochattonella spp.*, potentially harmful for fish. The flagellate has been observed during the two previous cruises as well. The cells were …

The phytoplankton genus Pseudochattonella spp.*, which is potentially harmful to fish when in high abundancies, was still blooming in the Kattegat and Skagerrak areas during the March cruise. The genus caused chlorophyll fluorescence maxima at several stations. The diatom spring bloom seems smaller …

The phytoplankton genus Pseudochattonella spp.*, which is potentially mortal to fish when in high abundancies, was present with quite high cell numbers at all of the phytoplankton monitoring stations in the Kattegat and Skagerrak area. Fluorescence maxima at Anholt E, Å13 and Å15 were mainly caused …

All phytoplankton samples from the Skagerrak, the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea had low species diversities. All of the cell counts were very low. All of the Skagerrak stations except Släggö were not visited during the cruise due to bad weather conditions. No further detailed phytoplankton …

A diatom bloom was present at the Skagerrak and Kattegat stations with a dominance of Pseudo-nitzschia spp.* and Pseudosolenia calcar-avis. Chlorophyllfluorescence maxima at Släggö, Anholt E and W Landskrona were mainly caused by the same diatom species. There were quite high cell numbers of …

A diatom bloom was present at the Skagerrak and Kattegat stations with a dominance of Pseudo-nitzschia spp.* and Pseudosolenia calcar-avis. Chlorophyllfluorescence maxima at Släggö, Anholt E and W Landskrona were mainly caused by the same diatom species. There were quite high cell numbers of …

A minor autumn bloom was observed at the Skagerrak and Kattegat stations with high phytoplankton diversity. The flagellate Dictyocha speculum* was found in a so called naked stage, without the silica structure, when the species is potentially harmful. The species was numerous in the Skagerrak and …