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Trichodesmium (=Oscillatoria) blooms have long been recognized in waters of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Populations fluctuate episodically, forming conspicuous surface aggregations, some of considerable size. Proximate causes of these surface blooms are unknown. Further understanding of the role of Trichodesmium in the GBR system is constrained by lack of knowledge of non-aggregated distributions of Trichodesmium.
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Furnas, M.J. (1992). Pelagic Trichodesmium (=Oscillatoria) in the Great Barrier Reef region. In: Carpenter, E.J., Capone, D.G., Rueter, J.G. (eds) Marine Pelagic Cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other Diazotrophs. NATO ASI Series, vol 362. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7977-3_17
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