Tag: Harmful Algae
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Where in the world are harmful algal blooms?
Researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are using global datasets and predictive maps to…
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Dock to Doc
World Ocean Day proved a fitting capstone to UMaine PhD student Sydney Greenlee’s academic studies at Bigelow Laboratory. On Monday, Sydney successfully defended her dissertation…
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Know Your HABs
If you monitor Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), study phytoplankton, or work in marine management, the Karen A. Steidinger Marine Harmful Algae Taxonomy Training Course offers…
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#MicroMonday: Festive, Yet Toxic
Merry #MicroMonday! Check out this light microscopy of Pseudo-nitzschia australis cells collected off the coast of Maine during the 2016 bloom, the first time that…
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Single-Celled Stressor
This #MicroMonday, check out this algae from the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. It might not appear threatening, but this diatom has a secret that packs a punch. …
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Following the (Sea) Stars
Harmful algae blooms that produce the potent neurotoxin domoic acid, or DA, can have devastating impacts on marine animals. That’s even more true when DA…