Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms

Presents the key research areas of the international GEOHAB programme Provides new insights into the factors contributing to the global expansion of HABs Introduces the new scientific programme GlobalHAB

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Patricia M. Glibert University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Horn Point Laboratory

PO Box 775

Cambridge MD 21613

USA

Elisa Berdalet

Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC)

Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, E-08003

Barcelona, Catalonia,

Spain Michele A. Burford

Australian Rivers Institute

Griffith University

Nathan, Queensland,

Australia

Grant C. Pitcher

Fisheries Research and Development

Private Bag X2

Rogge Bay 8012

Cape Town,

South Africa

Mingjiang Zhou

Key laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Institute of Oceanology

Chinese Academy of Sciences,

Qingdao 266071

China

Inhalt
Preface to Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal BlooHarmful algal Blooms and the Importance of Understanding their Ecology and Oceanography.- Establishment, Goals, and Legacy of the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) Program.- Changing Land, Sea- and Airscapes: Sources of Nutrient Pollution Affecting Habitat Suitability for Harmful Algae.- Harmful Algal Blooms in a Changing Ocean.- Nutrients and HABs: Dynamic Kinetics and Flexible Nutrition.- Mixotrophy in HABs: by Whom, on Whom, When, Why, and What Next.- The Role of Life Cycle Characteristics in Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics.- Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Stratified Systems.- Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Fjords and Coastal Embayments.- Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems.- Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Relation to Nutrients and Eutrophication.- Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Benthic Systems.- Overview of Harmful Algal Blooms in Asia.- Harmful Algal Blooms in the Coastal Waters of China.- Green Tides of the Yellow Sea: Massive Free-floating Blooms of Ulva prolifera.- Ecological Drivers of Green Noctiluca Blooms in Two Monsoonally Driven Ecosystems.- Advancements and Continuing Challenges of Emerging Technologies and Tools for Detecting Harmful Algal Blooms, Their Antecedent Conditions and Toxins, and Applications in Predictive Models.- Recent Advances in Modelling of Harmful Algal Blooms.- Emerging HAB Research Issues in Freshwater Environments.- Mitigation and Control of HABs.- GlobalHAB: Fostering International Coordination on Harmful Algal Bloom Research in Aquatic Systems.<p