Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.41006066, 41130855);the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. SQ200907);the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2009B030600004)
A severe Cochlodinium geminatum red tide (>300 km2) was observed in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River estuary, South China Sea in autumn 2009. We evaluated the environmental conditions and phytoplankton community structure d...