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A population explosion of dinoflagellates in the ocean that can occur during summer months is called a _______.

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Dinoflagellates are large group of flagellate eukaryotes (multicellular organisms) that constitute the group dinoflagellata. Red tides is a common name for alga bloom (large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms ) which when caused by a few species of dinoflagellate and the bloom takes on a red or brown color. Therefore, the answer to the question is red tides.
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