The frequency distributions of 

 sannple values for carbohydrates, tyro- 

 sine, and organic phosphorus are given, 

 and the author stated that "there was a 

 tendency toward the contagious distri- 

 butions." 



Plotting shows that the carbohydrate 

 values plotted logarithmically form a 

 linear curve. Organic phosphorus defi- 

 nitely does not, and the tyrosine values 

 do not, show a good linear fit. If, as 

 nnany authors contend, plankton is dis- 

 tributed in one of the logarithmic series, 

 it would not be surprising if carbo- 

 hydrates, if derived from plankton, also 

 fell into the two-parameter logarithmic 

 series. 



It was suggested that lethality of sea 

 water from different localities may be 

 caused by the interplay of lethal con- 

 centrations of copper and H2S; also 

 other "natural organic compounds" may 

 act both as chelators and growth-pro- 

 moting substances. 



It was stated that W. B. Wilson iso- 

 lated and cultured G. breve from Gal- 

 veston waters and again from waters of 

 "South Texas and Mexican east coasts." 



The author stated that heavy blooms 

 of red tide "may augnnent themselves 

 with both inorganic and organic ma- 

 terials produced by the decomposition 

 products of dead fish." 



COLLINGSWOOD, C. 



1868. Observations on the microscopic alga 

 which causes the discoloration of the 

 sea in various parts of the world. Trans. 

 Roy. Microscop. Soc, n.s., 16:85-92. 



CONNELL, CECIL H., and JOY BARNES 

 CROSS. 

 1950. Mass mortality of fishassociated with 

 the protozoan Gonyaulax in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. Science 112(2909):359-363. 



Contains a report of fish kills in 

 Offatts Bayou associated with Gonyau- 

 lax catenella (?) during the summer of 

 1949. 



The authors indicated that: 



1) Growth of Gonyaulax was increased 

 by small amounts of sewer pollution. 



2) As long as the organisms remained 

 near the surface, the dissolved- oxygen 

 content of the water was high. However, 

 when the organisms submerged, the 

 oxygen content rapidly approached zero. 

 Only seven samples were taken in all. 



3) "The values of biochemical oxygen 

 demand (BOD) for the samples asso- 

 ciated with Gonyaulax were extraordi- 

 nary and far in excess of what might be 

 explained by sewage or any other organic 



pollutant entering the bayou It 



seems logical to assume that these 

 extraordinarily high values of BOD and 

 consequent anaerobic conditions in the 

 water were attributable to the Gonyau- 

 lax and were important contributing 

 factors in the mass mortality of fish in 

 Offatts Bayou." [p. 362-363.] 



CONOVER, SHIRLEY A. MacMILLAN. 



1954. Observations on the structure of red 

 tides in New Haven Harbor, Connecti- 

 cut. J. Mar. Res. 13(1):145-155. 



"...High concentrations of red tide 

 organisms, here two species of Gon- 

 iaulax , were found to be associated with 

 stable water masses of inner harbor 

 origin. The configuration of the harbor 

 permits the developnnent and retention 

 of water masses; this tendency is rein- 

 forced by large volumes of nutrient- 

 rich fresh water entering the inner 

 harbor, by certain wind patterns, and by 

 high radiation values. Adequate time, 

 illumination, nutrients, and favorable 

 temperatures are essential for red tide 

 development...." [p. 145.] 



CORNMAN, IVOR. 



1947. Retardation of Arbacia egg cleavage 

 by dinoflagellate-contaminated sea 

 water (red tide). [Abstract.] Biol. Bull. 

 (Woods Hole) 93(2):205. 



Samples of red tide sea water sup- 

 plied by Paul S. Galtsoff were used at 

 the Marine Biological Laboratory in 

 Woods Hole. A sample of untreated 

 decomposing sea water "taken fronn an 

 area stained red by Gymnodinium when 

 diluted 1:10" increased cleavage time 

 of the eggs of Arbacia by 1 hour (100 

 percent), "if added 10 minutes after 

 fertilization." However, "when most of 

 the H2S was pulled off with a vacuum 

 pump, the delay at 1:10 was only 3 

 minutes" and even at 1:5 only 15 min- 

 utes. 



COVELL, W. P., and W. F. WHEDON. 



1937. Effects of the paralytic shellfish poi- 

 son on nerve cells. Arch. Pathol. 24(4): 

 412-418. [Non vidi.] 



COWEY, C. B. 



1956. A preliminary investigation of the 

 variation of Vitamin B12 in oceanic and 

 coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. 

 U.K. 35(3):609-620. [Cited from Mc- 

 Laughlin, 1958,] 



GRANGE, JOHNIE H. 



1963. The effects of copper sulfate on 

 Microcystis and zooplankton in ponds. 

 Progr. Fish-Cult. 25(4):198-202. 



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