NOAA NCCOS: New England Red Tide Research

Description

Alexandrium blooms are one of several algal bloom types often called "red tides," but more correctly referred to as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Alexandrium produces a potent toxin that accumulates in shellfish and can cause illness in humans who eat contaminated shellfish.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Online Resource http://science.whoi.edu/users/olga/alex_surveys/Alexandrium_Surveys.html
21 Online Resource http://science.whoi.edu/users/olga/alex_surveys/Alexandrium_Surveys.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39467
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39467.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • salinity
  • wind direction
  • bloom events
  • national ocean service
  • massachusetts bay
  • alexandrium blooms
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • habs
  • water temperature
  • psp
  • algae
  • phytoplankton
  • environmental monitoring
  • new hampshire
  • noaa
  • toxin
  • mussel
  • carnivorous snails
  • shellfish
  • hab
  • nantucket island
  • marine microbiota
  • maine
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • portsmouth
  • toxins
  • mussel harvest
  • connecticut
  • wind speed
  • harmful algal blooms
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • woods hole oceanographic institution
  • whoi
  • atlantic waters
  • martha's vineyard
  • red tide
  • buzzards bay
  • surfacewater quality
  • bivalve shellfish
  • new england coastal waters
  • cape ann
  • rhode island
  • cape cod bay
  • paralytic shellfish poisoning
  • cell counts
  • massachusetts
  • tides
  • new england

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Human Health