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The NCCOS Ecology & Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program has reached a milestone with the release of its 1,000th publication. The paper, published
Broadwater is a Program Manager in the NCCOS Competitive Research Program (CRP). As part of the CRP’s Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) team, she manages projects
Tomlinson’s current research focuses on the application of satellite derived ocean color sensors to detect, monitor and forecast the occurrence of harmful algal blooms. This
An NCCOS-sponsored study provides the most comprehensive and quantitative assessment to date of the in situ toxicity of Gambierdiscus marine dinoflagellates in the Caribbean. Study
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (previously known as Cochlodinium polykrikoides) is a toxic dinoflagellate algae found in Chesapeake Bay. NCCOS sponsored scientists at Old Dominion University used a
Competitive Research Program Our External Harmful Algal Bloom Portfolio Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occur in all coastal states and cause adverse public health, socioeconomic, and
An NCCOS-sponsored study has validated a 40-year old theory that the Chesapeake Bay bloom-forming harmful alga Prorocentrum minimum has a seasonal life strategy that depends
Changes in the northern Alaskan Arctic ocean environment have reached a point at which a previously rare phenomenon — widespread blooms of toxic algae —
A new publication, sponsored in part by NCCOS, reviews the history and status of harmful algal blooms in Florida, why they occur, the main species
An NCCOS-supported study detected the algal toxins domoic acid and saxitoxin in three out of four species of ice seals in western and northern Alaska.