BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF UNUSUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE ADRIATICIN SUMMER 1992

Extremely high sea surface temperature was recorded along the eastern Adriatic coast in summer 1992 accompanied with the bottom temperatures below the long-term average. Extraordinary weather conditions over th e Adriatic, responsible for such thermal conditions, may be related to the global disturbance over the Northern hemisphere. There are some e vidences that such thermal conditions caused the absence of the Gonyau lax polyedra red-tide bloom.