Links to Other HAB Resources
In April 2004, a workshop was held to explore the needs of the user community with
regard to HABs and ocean observations within the context of detecting, predicting, and
forecasting HAB events. You may download a copy of the workshop report below or
request a copy via the
Center's Product Clearinghouse.
Action Plan for Harmful Algal Blooms and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System: Results from a Regional Workshop (1.55 Megabytes)
Resources by Region
- Northeast (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York)
- Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, Delaware, Virginia)
- Great Lakes (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York)
- Southeast (North Carolina, South Carolina)
- Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas)
- West Coast (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)
Other Resources
Northeast
Maine
Maine Red Tide Information System
Interactive access to red tide closure data
Maine Department of Marine Resources, Bureau of Resource Management
Redtide and shellfish sanitation status information
Maine Phytoplankton Monitoring Program
Citizen volunteer monitoring program for HABs in the Gulf of Maine
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Protocols for monitoring
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Permit procedures and food safety
The Harmful Algae Page
Information about HAB species found in New England waters
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Marine Water
Monitoring
Procedures for water quality and shellfish monitoring and status
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science Research
and Technology
Brown tide status and general information
Rutgers Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing Brown Tide Monitoring
Maps of brown tide events in coastal New Jersey
New York
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Shellfish closure information
New York Sea Grant – Brown Tide Research Initiative
General brown tide information and status reports
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Mid-Atlantic
Mapping HABs in the Chesapeake Bay
HAB prediction tool and weekly NOWCASTS of likely bloom activity for
Karlodinium in Chesapeake Bay.
Maryland
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Reports of HAB events in Maryland
Eyes on the Bay
Interactive access to Chesapeake monitoring station data including HAB
events
Maryland Department of the Environment
Notices of shellfish closures and fishing advisories
Delaware
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Includes basic information about Pfiesteria including its impacts on humans
and how to recognize signs of Pfiesteria in the water.
Virginia
Virginia Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force
Toll-free hotline for Harmful Algal Bloom information
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Great Lakes
NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health
Sampling results from the HAB Event Response program
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Southeast
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division
of Water Quality
Monitoring data and fish kill maps for area rivers
Shellfish Polluted Area Proclamations from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries
Shellfish closure status
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Program
Information about possible health risks from HABs and fish kills.
South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Monitoring and shellfish closure status
Southeast Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
Volunteer monitoring and maps of conditions
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Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico Program: Aquatic Mortality Response Network
Recent mortality events, including HAB-related mortalities
Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS)
Interactive maps of near real-time data relevant to HAB conditions
and links to HAB bulletins
Florida
Florida Marine Research Institute
Current red tide status for the Florida coast, including maps
Mote Marine Red Tide Update Page
Local conditions for the southwest Florida coast
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Shellfish closure status
Solutions to Avoid Red Tide
Information about HABs on the southwest Florida coast
Texas
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Texas coast red tide status reports
Department of State Health Services
Shellfish closures due to red tide
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
Shellfish closure status
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West Coast
Northwest Fisheries Science Center - HAB Program
Marine biotoxins and HAB page with links to the NWFSC West
Coast Newsletter and Red Tides Newsletter; lists biotoxin hotlines for Alaska, British Columbia,
California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
Alaska
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental
Health
Monitoring procedures for paralytic shellfish poisoning and status of shellfish closures
California
California Department of Health Services - Preharvest Shellfish Protection and Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program
Advisories and reports for marine biotoxin monitoring
Oregon
Oregon Department of Human Services, Environmental Toxicology Program
Beach Monitoring Program and Fish and Blue-Green Algae Advisories
Washington
Washington State Department of Health
Interactive map of recreational shellfish beach closure status
Washington State Department of Health, Division of Environmental Health
Monitoring program information and biotoxin bulletins
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Shellfish harvesting regulations and status
Olympic Region Harmful Algal Blooms Partnership
Information about HABs and their effects, as well as outreach, education, and monitoring efforts
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United States Government Agencies
Center for Disease Control
National Center for Environmental Health
Pfiesteria piscicida and other harmful algae information
from the Health Studies Branch
Department of the Interior
National
HAB Research and Monitoring Strategy
Objectives of federal agency initiatives (DOI, CDC, FDA, USDA,
EPA, NOAA, NIEHS) concerning public health threats of Pfiesteria
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
Maps depicting Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) outbreaks known before and after 1972
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation Conference
Bad Bug Book
A handbook chapter on various shellfish-associated toxins
NASA
NASA's Ocean Color Data & Resources
Coastal Zone Color Scanner classic scenes; ocean color and satellite imagery information
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Research Initiatives
Focus on natural exposure to Pfiesteria, with links to
grant information and a thorough "What You Should Know About Pfiesteria"
FAQ fact sheet
National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration
Coastal Ocean Program
HAB research initiatives, including The Ecology and
Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB)
CoastWatch Program – Ocean Product Server
Satellite remote sensing data, including surface winds, ocean
color, and sea surface temperature
National
Centers for Coastal Ocean Science: Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research
and Control Act
Federal legislation concerning HABs; drafts available in Adobe
Acrobat format
Sea Grant
Sea Grant Pfiesteria briefing: audio clips of presentations
from a 1998 forum on the public policy challenges surrounding
Pfiesteria
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International Resources
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
UNESCO
IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme
International initiative for HAB research; access to Harmful Algae Event Database
Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping (GEOHAB)
Report from International Oceanographic Commission (IOC)/Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) workshop (PDF)
The freely available Adobe Acrobat® Reader® is needed to view and print PDF files.
Australia
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Microalgae Research Center
Organization for scientific and industrial research for Australia that offers a microalgae supply service
Canada
University of Calgary
Dinoflagellate page (with images) at the palynology Web site for the university's Department of
Geology and Geophysics
The Plankton Net
University of Guelph Plankton Ecology, Marine Biology, and Biological Oceanography homepage; images and databases, plus a list
of plankton researcher home page links
"Dinoflaj"
Dinoflagellate classification database
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Fishery notices for the Pacific region by date or fishery name; also provides access to information
on regulations and the fisheries management home page
China
China Harmful Algal Bloom Web Pages
Status and information on HABs in China
Finland
Algaline
Finnish Institute of Marine Research algae bloom information for the Baltic Sea
France
French Institute for Marine Research and Exploitation
Ten-year maps of toxins and monitoring data in Western Europe
New Zealand
Cawthron Institute
HAB site for this private, nonprofit research center
Norway
Algaeinfo
Maps and currents status of HABs in Norway
South Africa
University
of the Western Cape Department of Botany
"The World of Algae": Basic introduction to algae; includes links to international conferences
and phycological societies
Sweden
Göteborg University Department of Marine Botany
Checklist of phytoplankton in the Skagerrak-Kattegat
United Kingdom
Emiliania huxleyi Home Page
Web site devoted to E. huxleyi including life cycle, ecology, and biogeochemical impacts
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Other Web Sites of Interest
The Harmful Algae Page
Comprehensive HAB information; includes current global
HAB news,
photographs, general information, and links
to national and international monitoring and mitigation plans
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If you would like to have your HAB Web site
posted here, please e-mail the NOAA Coastal Services Center at
csc@csc.noaa.gov
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