Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms

• Main Authors: Pettersson, Lasse H. (Author), Pozdnyakov, Dmitry. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Life sciences.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Geographical information systems.; Ecology.; Environmental toxicology.; Environment.; Ecotoxicology.; Biogeosciences.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68209-7

Sometimes known as "Red Tides", some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the Worlds 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 conc...

Table of Contents:

• Aspects of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB)
• Biology and ecology of some harmful algal species (focus on Chantonella-tbd)
• Retrieval of algal bloom related quantities from space
• Monitoring algal bloom from space
• Integrated approach for operational and forecasting HAB events.