International experts weigh-in on harmful algal blooms

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 09:56 in Biology & Nature

An international group of scientists is linking nutrient pollution in the world's coastal seas to an increase in the number of harmful algal blooms reported in recent years. When harmful algal blooms (HAB's) occur, they taint seafood with toxins, cause human respiratory and skin irritations and cause fish or mammal kills in coastal waters...

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