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Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms

  • Drawing on current and future satellite data presents visible perspectives of a more efficient HAB monitoring system for the future
  • Emphasises practical applications, impacting on marine ecology, national economy, health, food and safety and quality assurance
  • Using remote sensing and ecological/biochemical numerical modelling for data assimilation as techniques for predicting HAB
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

Part of the book sub series: Geophysical Sciences (GEOPHYS)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
  2. Biology and ecology of harmful algal species

    • Lasse H. Pettersson, Dmitry Pozdnyakov
    Pages 25-47
  3. Monitoring harmful algal blooms from space

    • Lasse H. Pettersson, Dmitry Pozdnyakov
    Pages 113-201
  4. Integrated modeling and satellite monitoring of algal blooms

    • Lasse H. Pettersson, Dmitry Pozdnyakov
    Pages 203-262
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 263-309

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Geophysical Institute, Nansen Envrionmental &, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Lasse H. Pettersson

  • St. Petersburg, Russia

    Dmitry Pozdnyakov

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