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Hunting Dangerous Algae from Space part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Redtide/
This NASA Earth Observatory article presents information about programs that are monitoring red tide and other harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreaks from satellite imagery and remote sensing. This ...

Mass. Declares a Red Tide Disaster part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/09/tech/main70073...
This CBS news article provides very general information about the massive red tide outbreak in New England in 2005. The article states that the outbreak is costing the shellfish industry million ...

Research with Red Tide Toxin Yields Potential Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2004/no...
This National Institutes of Health News article documents a study being done to use two compounds associated with Florida red tide to treat mucus build-up related to cystic fibrosis. Researchers ...

Tardigrades as Environmental Indicators part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards...
This essay was written by Amber, a high school senior who won the Young Naturalist Award in 2001 for her research on tardigrades (also known as water bears) as environmental bioindicators. Amber ...

Toxic Tide part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/...
This website provides access to a news article published in September 2005 by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in which Mote Marine researchers responded to a series of questions posed by the ...

The Harmful Plankton Project on the Internet: the user-friendly guide to harmful phytoplankton in UK waters part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.liv.ac.uk/hab/
This website contains an online guide for identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates and diatoms (primarily from UK waters). The guide is divided into several sections: contents (species list); ...

Maine Shellfishing Areas Closed Because of Red Tide (PSP) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/public_health/closures/pspcl...
This Maine Department of Marine Resources website lists instructions, warnings, legal notices, and maps pertaining to paralytic shellfish poisoning. A table is provided that displays up-to-date red ...

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/
This Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries website provides health advisories and closures related to seafood consumption and recreational fishing. Links are provided to the Division's ...

Red Tide Kills Fish, Fouls Gulf Coast part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/09/25/national/main2...
This CBS news article reports a toxic algae bloom that spread along the Texas Gulf coast in 2000, killing millions of fish and fouling beaches with their remains. The article explains how red tide ...

Red Tide Closes N.E. Fish Beds part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/03/tech/main69955...
This two-part CBS news article reports the New England red tide infestation of 2005, one of the worst in decades. The article explains how the bloom, caused by the toxic algae Alexandrium, affected ...