Harmful Phytoplankton in the Salish Sea: Part I

Speaker

Teri King, Washington Sea Grant, United StatesFollow

Session Title

Session Description: Harmful Phytoplankton in the Salish Sea: Part I

Session Description

Session 1.1.B: Harmful Phytoplankton in the Salish Sea: Part I Wednesday 4 April 2018 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Location: 606

Session Chair: Teri King, Washington Sea Grant (United States)

The Salish Sea is home to many notable harmful algae species such as Alexandrium, Heterosigma, Pseudo-nitschia and Dinophysis and some emerging species such as Azadinium. How does the Coast influence conditions in the Salish Sea? Climate Change? This session explored the research, policy and monitoring of harmful algae from the perspective of Canadian and US Federal agencies, tribes, natural resource managers, researchers, citizen scientists as well as finfish and shellfish producers.

Keywords

Harmful algae, Alexandrium, Heterosigma, Pseudo-nitschia, Dinophysis, Azadinium

Conference Track

SSE5: Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, and Research

Conference Name

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)

Document Type

Event

SSEC Identifier

SSE5: Session Description

Start Date

4-4-2018 1:30 PM

End Date

4-4-2018 3:00 PM

Type of Presentation

Oral

Genre/Form

conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)

Contributing Repository

Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects – Topical (LCSH)

Toxic algae--Research--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Algal blooms--Research--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Geographic Coverage

Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Comments

This is an extended abstract for the session.

Rights

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Type

Text

Language

English

Format

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