Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9783540228929
Subjects: Pollution & threats to the environment; Science; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; biochemical modeling; ecological modeling; marine ecology; phytoplankton; remote sensing; Earth Sciences - Geology
Description: Sometimes known as "Red Tides", some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World’s oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, these harmful algal blooms can even cause illness or death in humans. Shellfish filter feed on phytoplankton and concentrate their toxins in their bodies and people who eat them can contract life threatening food poisoning. A number of countries have monitoring programmes to measure the presence of toxins in algal blooms. Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms is all about the research techniques to monitor visible algal blooms and through remote sensing, including infrared techniques, predict them through mathematical modelling.