Collaborative Research: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Arctic: Modeling the Past and — NSF Award to Woods Hole Oceanographic
Certain species of microscopic phytoplankton produce toxins that can be accumulated by moving up through the food chain to poison animals, such as clams, fish, seals, walruses, whales, and ultimately humans. Recent observations in the Bering and Chukchi seas have identified large populations of Alexandrium catenella, a
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Arctic: Modeling the Past and |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2438655 |
| Awardee | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| City | WOODS HOLE |
| State | MA |
| Amount obligated | $479,883 |
| Principal investigator | Dennis McGillicuddy |
| Program | ANS-Arctic Natural Sciences |
| Start date | 06/15/2025 |
| Abstract | Certain species of microscopic phytoplankton produce toxins that can be accumulated by moving up through the food chain to poison animals, such as clams, fish, seals, walruses, whales, and ultimately humans. Recent observations in the Bering and Chukchi seas have identified large populations of Alexandrium catenella, a saxitoxin-producing, harmful species of phytoplankton. A. catenella germinates from cysts on the seabed as water warms during spring and summer and enters the vegetative stage whe |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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