A bloom of Karlodinium australe (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) associated with mass mortality of cage-cultured fishes in West Johor Strait, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hong, Chang Lim, Chui, P.L, Toh, Hii Tan, Nyuk, Fong Kon, Leh, Hie Yek, Kieng, Soon Hii, Sing, Tung Teng, Roziawati, Mohd Razali, Gires, Usup, Mitsunori, Iwataki, Po, T.L
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13409/1/A%20bloom%20of%20Karlodinium%20australe%20%28Gymnodiniales%2C%20Dinophyceae%29%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13409/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988314001851; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.10.005

A recent (February 2014) mass mortality of fishes was observed in the cage-farming region of the West Johor Strait of Malaysia, involving over four different species of cultured fishes, numbering ∼50,000 fish. A field investigation at six stations along the West Johor Strait collected water samples...