Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: State of the Science and Research Needs

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hudnell, H. Kenneth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 619
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

Cyanobacteria are single-celled organisms that live in fresh, brackish, and marine water. They use sunlight to make their own food. In warm, nutrient-rich environments, microscopic cyanobacteria can grow quickly, creating blooms that spread across the water’s surface and may become visible. Because...