Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts
of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents …

Some diatoms of the genera Pseudo-nitzschia and Nitzschia produce the neurotoxin domoic
acid (DA), a compound that caused amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) in humans just over …

The dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium is one of the major harmful algal bloom (HAB) genera
with respect to the diversity, magnitude and consequences of blooms. The ability of …

Heterotrophic nanoflagellates are the main consumers of bacteria and picophytoplankton in
the ocean and thus play a key role in ocean biogeochemistry. They are found in all major …

As blooms of cyanobacteria expand and intensify in freshwater systems globally, there is
increasing interest in their ecological effects. In addition to being public health hazards …

The cycling of major nutrients in the ocean is affected by large-scale phytoplankton blooms,
which are hot spots of microbial life. Diverse microbial interactions regulate bloom dynamics …

Marine neurotoxins are natural products produced by phytoplankton and select species of
invertebrates and fish. These compounds interact with voltage-gated sodium, potassium and …

Chemical cues constitute much of the language of life in the sea. Our understanding of biotic
interactions and their effects on marine ecosystems will advance more rapidly if this …

Our limited intuition of the small‐scale world of the plankton has biased the way we describe
and understand ocean ecology. Classical approaches consider fluxes of energy and matter …

In aquatic ecosystems, unicellular algae form the basis of the food webs. Theoretical and
experimental studies have demonstrated that one of the mechanisms that maintain high …