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Causes of Harmful Algal Blooms and Toxicity - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Environmental drivers regulating harmful algal bloom (HAB) growth and toxicity span a wide range of physical, chemical, and biological factors. They ...
NCCOS Sensor Measures Toxicity of Lake Erie Algal Bloom in Near Real ...
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Uncertainty about a bloom’s toxicity makes it difficult for water treatment plant operators and lake authorities to make timely management decisions ...
Algal Toxins Found in U.S. Seabirds - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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Some of the clinical signs of DA toxicity and STX toxicity in seabirds are similar (i.e., vomiting, diarrhea and death), but the hallmark clinical ...
Possible Cause of High Toxicity of 2015 West coast HAB Identified
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New research sponsored by NCCOS explains what might have caused the high toxicity in Monterey Bay, CA during the massive 2015 toxic bloom of the ...
Different Varieties of Microcystins Have Differing Toxicities, and Why ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/different-varieties-of-microcystins-a-harmful-alga-have-differing-toxicities-and-why-its-important/
Knowing the toxicity of a particular bloom is critical information for drinking water plant operators to ensure its safety. It is also important to ...
Ecophysiology and Toxicity of the Toxic Alga Heterosigma akashiwo in ...
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We are determining how H. akashiwo kills fish and developing methods of measuring toxicity suitable for use in routine monitoring, characterizing the ...
Effects of Climate Change on Chemical Contaminant Toxicity
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Toxicity of the insecticide Scourge (R) also increased with temperature, while increased salinity reduced Scourge (R) toxicity, but only in adult ...
Are Growth and Toxicity of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Controlled by ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/are-growth-and-toxicity-of-dinoflagellate-alexandrium-controlled-by-grazer-induced-defense/
Blooms of Alexandrium fundyense result in economic losses to fisheries, aquaculture, and pose public health risks. Typically, A. fundyense growth and ...
Toxicity and Potential Food-Web Impacts of Alexandrium monilatum and ...
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The scientists will couple these toxin measurements with molecular and microscopic methods to follow transport of A. monilatum and toxin through ...
‘Team’ of Uncrewed Vehicles Reveals Extent, Toxicity of Harmful Algal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/a-team-of-uncrewed-vehicles-reveals-the-extent-and-toxicity-of-a-harmful-algal-bloom-in-monterey-bay-ca/
In a milestone achievement, NCCOS, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) deployed a ...
First Real-time Toxicity Assessment of Lake Erie Algal Bloom by ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-toxin-sensors-aboard-uncrewed-vehicle-interrogate-cyanobacterial-bloom-in-lake-erie/
This August, NCCOS scientists and their partners achieved the first real-time toxicity assessment of an algal bloom in Lake Erie by an uncrewed ...
Risk of Shellfish Toxicity Predicted by Temperature and Salinity
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A new study shows that water temperature and salinity can indicatethe likelyoccurrenceof toxicAlexandrium blooms (a type of harmful algae) in the U ...
Magnitude and Extent of Contaminated Sediment and Toxicity in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/magnitude-and-extent-of-contaminated-sediment-and-toxicity-in-chesapeake-bay/
This report summarizes the results of NOAA’s sediment toxicity, chemistry, and benthic community studies in the Chesapeake Bay estuary. As part of the ...
Seasonal Differences in Gambierdiscus Abundance, Toxicity Have ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/asynchrony-of-gambierdiscus-cell-abundance-and-toxicity-in-the-us-virgin-islands-implications-for-monitoring-and-prediction-of-ciguatera/
An NCCOS-sponsored study provides the most comprehensive and quantitative assessment to date of the in situ toxicity of Gambierdiscus marine ...
Underwater Robots Slated to Map, Measure Toxicity of Lake Erie Algal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/underwater-robots-slated-to-map-measure-toxicity-of-lake-erie-algal-blooms/
Two underwater robots will be gliding throughout western Lake Erie this week, as NOAA and its partners at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...
NCCOS Research Supports Review of Pseudo-nitzschia in California
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-research-contributes-to-comprehensive-review-of-toxic-pseudo-nitzschia-in-socal/
A recent comprehensive review in the journal Harmful Algae documents over a decade of monitoring, research, and findings related to the diatom ...
Golden Algae Toxin Identified, Detection and Monitoring Tools Developed
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Researchers finally identified the main toxic compounds produced by Prymnesium parvum, also known as “golden tide.”A fish-killing algae, this organism ...
Tiny yet Toxic: Dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum
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Relatively unknown and taxonomically confusing until the last few decades, the tiny but toxic dinoflagellate, Karlodinium veneficum, can produce dense ...
Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to Marine Organisms
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A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green ...
Ultraviolet (UV) light-enhanced toxicity of oil to early life stages of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ultraviolet-uv-light-enhanced-toxicity-oil-early-life-stages-marine-organisms/
We are focusing on early life stages of estuarine organisms including the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon ...