RESOURCES
On this page you can find useful information about
harmful marine algae from various resources.
Federal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
This site provides HAB facts, data, publications, and links, as well
as information about CDC’s HAB-related activities ...more
- Harmful Marine Algae
This site provides facts, data, and publications about harmful marine
algae. It also offers information about CDC’s
harmful-marine-algae-related activities, and links to sites about
harmful marine algae ...more
- Ciguatera
This site provides ciguatera facts and links, as well as information
about CDC’s ciguatera-related activities ...more
- Red Tide
This site provides red tide facts, data, publications, and links, as
well as information about CDC’s red-tide-related activities ...more
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Gulf Ecology Division
[external link]
This site provides information about EPA’s research into methods for
detecting brevetoxin, the toxin associated with red tide ...more
- Neurotoxicology Division
[external link]
This site provides information about the health effects of toxins
associated with Ciguatera and red tide ...more
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bad Bug Book
- Various
Shellfish Toxins [external link]
This site, which is part of FDA’s Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms
and Natural Toxins Handbook, provides information about toxins,
including those associated with red tide, that cause shellfish
poisoning in humans ...more
- Ciguatera
[external link]
This site, which is part of FDA’s Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms
and Natural Toxins Handbook, provides information about toxins that
cause ciguatera fish poisoning in humans ...more
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
-
Marine Biotoxins Program [external link]
This site describes NOAA’s cooperative programs, which conduct
research into marine biotoxins. It includes links to federal partners,
a description of research projects, and a list of publications ...more
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
-
Red Tide Study [external link]
This site provides the findings of a red tide study that USGS
conducted during the late 1990s ...more
International
Non-profit Organizations
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
-
Dinoflagellates [external link]
This site describes the discovery, shape, and growth of
dinoflagellates, a class of primitive microscopic algae that
includes the algae associated with red tide ...more
- Mote Marine Laboratory
- Red Tide
Update [external link]
This site describes the laboratory’s red-tide monitoring and
research activities, which include studies in collaboration with
CDC, the Florida Department of Health, the University of Miami,
the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and the National
Institute for Environmental Health Science ...more
- Solutions to Avoid
Red Tide (START) [external link]
START is a grassroots, non-profit organization that funds and
promotes efforts to prevent, control, and mitigate red tide ...more
States
Universities
- Clemson University
-
Ciguatera [external link]
This site provides facts about ciguatera ...more
- University of Calgary
-
Dinoflagellates [external link]
This site describes the structure of dinoflagellates, a
class of primitive microscopic algae that includes the algae
associated with red tide ...more
- University of Miami
Others
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
-
Toxic and Harmful Algal Blooms
[external link]
This site gives a comprehensive overview of several types
of harmful marine algae, including algae associated with
brown tide and Ciguatera ...more
- Florida Marine Research Institute
-
HABs [external link]
This site defines red tide and describes red-tide-related
health effects. It also provides information about the
Institute’s monitoring project, and the Institute’s
research into the algae associated with red tide ...more
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Other Environmental Hazards & Health Effects Topics
- Air Pollution
& Respiratory Health
Asthma, carbon monoxide, mold ...more
- Environmental
Public Health Indicators Project
List of core indicators, links to individual indicators, data sources ...more
- National
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination
of data on environmental hazards, exposures to those hazards, and health
effects that may be related to the exposures ...more
- Radiation
Studies
General radiation facts, public health research, radon research ...more
