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First Florida Brown Tide Algal Bloom in Indian River and Mosquito ...
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An ongoing NCCOS-funded investigation by Dr. Christopher Gobler at Stony Brook University has genetically identified the algal species Aureoumbra ...
Ecosystem disruptive algal blooms of the brown tide species ...
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Brown tides of the pelagophytes Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves et Sieburth and Aureoumbra lagunensis DeYoe et Stockwell have formed ecosystem ...
Harmful Algae from Brown Tides in Texas Now Appearing in Florida Waters
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Brown tide in the Florida Indian River Lagoon system. Credit: Florian Koch. The study discusses the potential for further expansion of the range of A ...
NOAA Supports Florida’s Monitoring of Brown Tide in Indian River Lagoon
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NCCOS has approved a Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response project that will enhance state efforts to monitor and assess the extent of an active bloom of ...
New Study Toward a Novel Approach for Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms
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Alginate is a non-toxic substance extracted from brown algae and is widely used to encapsulate pharmaceuticals due to its ability to form porous gels ...
Marine Benthic Algae of Puerto Rico Part II Published
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Part II features green algae in the phylums Chlorophyta and Prasinodermatophyta, and provides information on 150 algal species occurring in the ...
Genes Reveal Secrets to Preventing Harmful Brown Tide Blooms
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Brown tide, a harmful algal species that annually plagues mid-Atlantic shellfisheries, owes its success to genes that help it thrive in shallow ...
Algae plaguing the Indian River Lagoon was identified recently by ...
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Scientists have preliminary confirmation that the algae clobbering vital sea grass and many kinds of popular fish in the Indian River Lagoon is a ...
Indian River Lagoon algae: Harmful algae devastate Indian River Lagoon ...
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The opaque coloring, however, is caused by microscopic algae plants thriving in the lagoon’s water. Scientists say the algae’s explosive growth ...
Tenacity of Brown Tides Linked to Genetic Flexibility
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The genetic flexibility of Aureococcus anophagefferens, the harmful alga responsible for “brown tides” off Long Island, allows it to thrive in ...
Linking Biogeochemistry to Harmful Algal Bloom Nutritional Physiology ...
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The Long Island Brown Tide (LIBT) threatens shellfish and sea grasses in mid-Atlantic estuaries. LIBT-specific gene expression assays are being ...
Marine Benthic Algae of Puerto Rico Part I Published
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Ballantine, D. L. and N. E. Aponte. 1997. A Revised Checklist of the Benthic Marine Algae Known to Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 33 ...
First Compendium on Deep-water Algae of Puerto Rico Published
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In total, 185 algal taxa are reported at depths greater than 115 feet. These mesophotic flora consist of 60 percent red algae (Rhodophyta), 11 percent ...
Public Reporting Tool Helps Long Island’s Suffolk County Track Harmful ...
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Brown tides and other harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming a recurrent seasonal issue in the coastal waters of New York’s Suffolk County. A NCCOS ...
Ocean Acidification Promotes Disruptive and Harmful Algal Blooms on Our ...
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The general decline in ocean pH (i.e., more acidic conditions) from the increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) is well documented. Also ...
Causes of Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxicity - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Algae and cyanobacteria are considered to be the basis of most freshwater and marine food webs. While many of these cyanobacterial and algal species ...
NCCOS Research Explores New Approaches to Decoding Brown Tide in Long ...
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A brown tide bloom in Great South Bay, Long Island, NY .Credit: Dr. Chris Gobler, Stony Brook University. Brown tides, caused by the algal species ...
Working with State to Document First Occurrence of Harmful Karenia ...
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Light micrograph of K. mikimotoi taken from a bloom sample.. Starting in late Sept. 2013, a bloom of the phytoplankton Karenia mikimotoi began ...
Toxic Algae and Their Seaweed Hosts May Predict Ciguatera Fish ...
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New research shows that different Caribbean species of Gambierdiscus — the microscopic marine algae most often associated with ciguatera fish ...
Excess Algae Responsible for Hotspots of Increased Ocean Acidification
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It showed that the process of eutrophication—the production of excess algae from increased nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—is a large, often ...