Bursts of ciguatera and endo-upwelling process on coral reef
Rougerie, F.; Bagnis, R.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 85(5 Part 2): 464-466
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 1340345 Document Number: 392601
We propose a significant relationship between bursts of ciguatera following disturbance on a reef area and seepages of endo-upwelled interstitial waters, rich in nutrients. Such waters cannot continue to be used by a stressed or eliminated algal-coral ecosystem and are taken up by epibenthic planktons i.e. Gambierdiscus toxicus, of which population increases sharply.