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Toxic Prymesium parvuum: Characterization of Toxins Affecting Aquaculture, Environmental and Human Health

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, peter.moeller@noaa.gov, South Carolina, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
We have successfully identified several toxins and chemical properties of the harmful alga Prymesium parvuum with the ultimate goal of developing detection and monitoring tools ...
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Training Course on the Identification of Harmful Algae in United States Marine Waters

Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, MERHAB, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Other Topics, Outreach, Pennsylvania, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
We are developing a national capacity to train the next generation of state and federal agency scientists in taxonomic identification of harmful marine algae, helping ...
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Traveling Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory Education Program

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, New Jersey, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Why We Care New Jersey has seen significant increases in cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) and related impacts. CyanoHABs sometimes produce toxins that can be ...
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Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs

Alaska, Alexandrium, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, domoic acid, ECOHAB, Forecasting, Gulf of Alaska, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, pseudo-nitzschia, saxitoxin, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
This project aims to determine harmful algal bloom species composition and cell densities in Alaskan waters, and to model toxin transfer pathways to zooplankton, shellfish, ...
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Uncovering the Mechanisms behind Wintertime Occurrences of Paralytic Shellfish Toxicity in Geoduck Clam Fisheries in Southeast Alaska

Alaska, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marc.suddleson@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) from the alga Alexandrium hinder the wintertime geoduck clam fishery in Southeast Alaska. With no winter blooms of Alexandrium on record, ...
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United States Harmful Algal Bloom Control Technologies Incubator

felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Other Topics, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
The development of scale appropriate technologies that can be used to control the growth and spread of harmful algal blooms (HAB) has lagged the advances ...
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Upwelling and Coastal Land Use Patterns on the Development of HAB Hotspots Along the California Coast

California, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, quay.dortch@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories
We are comparing coastal “hot spots” of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in central and southern California to determine why hot spots exist and how human ...
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Using Microcystin-degrading Bacteria and their Enzymes for Water Treatment

cyanobacteria, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Great Lakes, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Lake Erie, microcystins, Ohio, Other Topics, PCMHAB, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies
We will assess the potential that algal toxin–degrading bacteria have to degrade toxins from water treatment facilities. Why We Care Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur ...
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Validating the Technique for Identifying Paralytic Shellfish Toxins

Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Tod.Leighfield@noaa.gov
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a world-wide, sometimes fatal seafood poisoning caused by potent algal neurotoxins that accumulate in shellfish. Most nations have certified shellfish ...
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Validation of a Triplex Test for Saxitoxin, Domoic Acid, and Okadaic Acid Measured in Shellfish Tissue from New England and the Pacific Northwest

Atlantic Ocean, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, harmful algal blooms, maggie.broadwater@noaa.gov, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, shellfish poisoning, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies
We will evaluate an assay that simultaneously detects paralytic shellfish poisoning, amnesic shellfish poisoning, and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins in mussels.  Why We Care Shellfish ...
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Value of the Pacific Northwest Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast

domoic acid, Economics, Ecosystem Services Valuation, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, Forecasting, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, Oregon, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, PCMHAB, PNW HAB Bulletin, pseudo-nitzschia, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies
We will estimate the economic benefits of the Pacific Northwest Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin, using a methodology that quantifies the value of information. Why We ...
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Value of the SoundToxins Partnership: An Early Warning System for HABs in Puget Sound

aquaculture, domoic acid, Economics, Ecosystem Services Valuation, felix.martinez@noaa.gov, harmful algal bloom, Harmful Algal Bloom Detection and Forecasting, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov, monitoring, Other Topics, Pacific Ocean, PCMHAB, pseudo-nitzschia, Puget Sound, shellfish, Social Science, Sponsored Research, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies
We will estimate the net economic benefits of the harmful algal bloom early warnings provided by SoundToxins and evaluate net economic benefits to recreational shellfish ...
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