Spatial and temporal trends of marine harmful algal events in Canada over the last three
decades were examined using data from the Harmful Algal Event Database (HAEDAT). This …

Over the last decade, our understanding of the environmental controls on Pseudo-nitzschia
blooms and domoic acid (DA) production has matured. Pseudo-nitzschia have been found …

Along the Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, harmful algal blooms
(HABs) have caused losses to natural resources and coastal economies, and have resulted …

In late November to December 1987, Canadians awoke to headlines such as “Mystery Toxin
Taints Mussels”,“Killer Shellfish Algae Found in River”, and “Fatal Mussel Toxin Found” …

The initial phase of a collaborative ambient monitoring program (AMP) for the Strait of
Georgia (SoG)(Marine Environmental Research, in press.) has focused on the benthos …

Worldwide increases in the frequency and spatial extent of blooms of harmful marine
microalgae and heterotrophic dinoflagellates suggest that these species are becoming an …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the harmful or exceptional phytoplankton
blooms in the marine ecosystem. Phytoplankton blooms are natural phenomena that play an …

Comparison of harmful algal bloom (HAB) species in eastern boundary upwelling systems,
specifically species composition, bloom densities, toxin concentrations and impacts are …

Time series data have been examined in Thau lagoon (Southern France) from 1972 to 2006
for water temperature, salinity, nutrients and from 1987 to 2006 for phytoplankton. A first …

A two-decade decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon, historically the most valuable west
coast Canadian and United States salmon fishery, was linked with blooms of the harmful …