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International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The website features the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA), a professional society founded in 1997 to serve as an international programme on harmful algae. The overall ...

Microcystins and Nodularins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This ARNAT (Australian Research Network for Algal Toxins) web page describes microcystins and nodularins, cyclic peptides that mediate their toxicity by inhibiting liver function. The page discusses ...

Okadaic Acid part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This ARNAT (Australian Research Network for Algal Toxins) web page describes okadaic acid and its role in diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). The page features the chemical structure of okadaic ...

Anatoxins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This ARNAT (Australian Research Network for Algal Toxins) web page describes anatoxins, neurotoxic alkaloids that are produced by some species of cyanobacteria and can cause rapid death in mammals by ...

Brevetoxins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This ARNAT (Australian Research Network for Algal Toxins) web page describes brevetoxins, large lipophilic polyether toxins that are produced by the dinoflagellate Ptychodiscus (formerly ...

Extreme Natural Events: Harmful Algal Blooms part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NOAA website features a repository of information about Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). It explains the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA) and describes the ...

Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) web page features the Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) Program. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are occurring ...

CSCOR Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response Program part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) web page features the Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response Team. Over the past decade harmful algal blooms (HABs) have increased along U.S. ...

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) web page features Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB), a funding program within NOAA that seeks to develop effective ...

Worst New England Harmful Algal Bloom in 30 Years part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This online 2005 article reports the most severe bloom since 1972 of the microscopic alga, Alexandrium fundyense, which spread from Maine to Massachusetts, resulting in extensive commercial and ...