Science news articles about 'harmful algae'

STORRS, Conn., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist says DNA tests could help predict and prevent harmful algae blooms around the globe, thereby reducing such blooms' economic impacts.

... and persistence of many HABs; Understanding the complex relationships between nutrients and the outbreak of harmful algae is key to reducing future blooms; and, New tools for monitoring and ...

... of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University have developed groundbreaking "nanofarming" technology that safely harvests oil from the algae so the pond-based "crop" can keep on producing.

... Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface. The achievement was recently ...

... From a practical point of view, if these RCA bacteria really do kill dinoflagellates and potentially other harmful algae that form dense blooms, down the road there may be a possibility of using them ...

... in a lake, excessive input and enrichment of N and P will induce the occurrence and persistence of harmful alga bloom. Although lakes naturally receive nutrient inputs from their catchments and the ...

... articles in press for the Web sites of the journals Harmful Algae and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London ... seawater and added purified brevetoxins to it, the live algae didn't suffer much, so ...

... says Lin. He has reviewed the two molecular biology techniques that are most commonly used to detect harmful algae, with the putatively toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida as a case study. Lin' ...

... creates strong stratification within the various layers of the water and this may lead to increased growth of harmful algae. Some of these algal blooms create poor conditions for fish and exude toxins ...