Sentences with phrase «harmful algal toxins»

«This major investment will ensure that Auburn and Owasco residents continue to have access to clean drinking water and will prevent harmful algal toxins from contaminating the water supply,» Cuomo said.

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Certain harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have the potential to produce dangerous toxins that can contaminate local drinking water supplies, sicken people, harm aquatic life, and interfere with lake recreation activities.

Scientists are in agreement that there are more harmful algal species, more toxins, more fisheries resources impacted, more areas affected and higher economic losses than ever before.

«It has long been thought that the algal blooms found in Lake Okeechobee, which are caused by pollution such as runoffs from farms, were solely responsible for driving the blooms and their toxins in the St. Lucie Estuary,» said Brian E. Lapointe, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a research professor at FAU Harbor Branch, who recently presented these findings at the ninth U.S. National Harmful Algal Bloom Conferalgal blooms found in Lake Okeechobee, which are caused by pollution such as runoffs from farms, were solely responsible for driving the blooms and their toxins in the St. Lucie Estuary,» said Brian E. Lapointe, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a research professor at FAU Harbor Branch, who recently presented these findings at the ninth U.S. National Harmful Algal Bloom ConferAlgal Bloom Conference.

Phytoplankton physiological ecology; red tides and other bloom phenomena; ciguatera; dinoflagellate toxins; dinoflagellate resting cysts; molecular and immunological probes; prediction; prevention, control, and mitigation strategies for harmful algal blooms.

Direct exposure to algae Harmful algal blooms sometimes create toxins that can kill fish and other animals.

Some cyanobacteria that can form CyanoHABs (Harmful Algal Blooms) produce toxins that are among the most powerful natural poisons known.

Death by Algae Under the right conditions — warm water and a boost of nutrients — algae can grow so explosively that those toxins become a problem, creating what's called a harmful algal bloom, or HAB.

Harmful algal blooms, which often produce a toxin and occur in both salt and fresh water, are known to kill fish, marine mammals, and birds; they can contaminate shellfish with toxins and harm human health, sometimes resulting in fatalities.