title: Bursts of ciguatera and endo-upwelling process on coral reef.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ORSTOM Tahiti, Papeete, Polynésie française.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rougerie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bagnis
mesh_terms: D036841:Ciguatera Poisoning; D017753:Ecosystem; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D011114:Polynesia; D012623:Seawater; D014872:Water Movements