Potentially toxic or harmful microalgae from the northeast coast
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2002
Abstract
We have described the occurrence of 46 phytoplankton species that are potentially toxic to humans, or harmful to marine life, or both. The area of interest is southeastern Nova Scotia to the Hudson River (NY) estuary. The species are distributed across a number of taxonomic classes, and represent a conservative estimate of the real total, which must remain speculative until the biodiversity of phytoplankton in the area is known. Despite the high number of potential harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, rather few are known to cause problems.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Northeastern Naturalist
Volume
9
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Hargraves, Paul E., and Lucie Maranda. "Potentially toxic or harmful microalgae from the northeast coast." Northeastern Naturalist 9, 1 (2002). doi: 10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0081:PTOHMF]2.0.CO;2.