Harmful Algal Blooms in a Changing Ocean

摘要: Climate change research has progressed rapidly over the last two decades, with model projections of future climate conditions gaining enough consensus to enable downscaling these changes regional scales. While field HAB come far since its early roots, our current understanding is not well suited utilize advances in modeling project how HABs’ prevalence and character may differ oceans. This situation largely due complexity interspecies competition, but it also can be attributed “insular” nature research. studies focus more on organism, often isolated cultures, than phytoplankton community which or flourish. Even though GEOHAB fostered comparative research, most possible quantitatively compare among published because nonuniform methods are used. Most observational programs triggered only when toxic species abundances become high threaten human health, so specific that catalyze bloom developments cannot described. It difficult then changing environmental influence development HABs, particularly given events generally comparatively rare within context dynamic coastal ecosystems. Participants an international workshop considered issues identified a number steps, presented small part here, will help obtain compelling evidence impacting distribution, prevalence, character. New strategies needed if we develop informed for HABs under anticipated end-of-century