Scientists aim to predict toxic algal blooms in California's coastal waters
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 14:56
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- After years of studying and monitoring harmful algal blooms in California's coastal waters, Raphael Kudela is trying to predict when toxin-producing algae will strike again. A professor of ocean sciences at UC Santa Cruz, Kudela leads a team of researchers that has received a $792,000 grant from the Ocean Protection Council and California Sea Grant to develop forecasts of the periodic blooms of toxic algae that have long plagued the California coast.