Projected Changes in Caribbean Gambierdiscus Species

Figure 6.6

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven R. Kibler

This figure appears in chapter 6 of the The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment report.

Water temperature data from 1990–2013 were collected or reconstructed for buoy sites in the western Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan channel, and eastern Caribbean Sea. These data were then used in calculations to project average annual water temperature and average growth rates for three Caribbean Gambierdiscus species (G. caribaeus, G. belizeanus, G. carolinianus) for the period 2014–2099. (Figure source: adapted from Kibler et al. 2015).1dfd14e0-eae8-46d9-9c3e-0fa3f0c37da4

This figure was created on December 11, 2015.

This figure was derived from Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean .

References :

• Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean (1dfd14e0)

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