Harmful algal blooms (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Harmful algal blooms

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Image shows the harmful algal cells that produce potent neurotoxins described in study: Pseudo-nitzschia (cigar shaped diatoms that produce domoic acid) and Alexandrium (roundish shaped dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin).

 

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Photo credit: Brian Bill NOAA Fisheries/Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 98112 USA

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