Toxic red tides: Scientist tracks neurotoxin-producing algae
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 20:30
in Earth & Climate
With toxic algal blooms -- which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume -- ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes of one day being able to predict when and where toxic "red tides" will occur.