Vitamins Identified as Key Nutrient Which May Promote Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Harmful algal blooms, which negatively affect coastal ecosystems, public health, economies and fisheries around the world, may be promoted by vitamins B-1 and B-12 according to Stony Brook University scientists, whose findings were published in an early online edition (Nov. 10) and in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS ) in an article entitled "Most harmful algal bloom species are vitamin B1 and B12 auxotrophs."