Harmful Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic: An Emerging Threat as the Ocean Warms

Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods; M. Anderson, Donald; Fachon, Evangeline; A. Hubbard, Katherine; A. Lefebvre, Kathi; Lin, Peigen; S. Pickart, Robert; L. Richlen, Mindy; Sheffield, Gay; Van Hemert, Caroline

doi:10.5670/oceanog.2022.121

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Harmful Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic: An Emerging Threat as the Ocean Warms

Published in Oceanography • Jan 1, 2022

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Donald M. Anderson

Evangeline Fachon

Abstract

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) present an emerging threat to human and ecosystem health in the Alaskan Arctic. Two HAB toxins are of concern in the region: saxitoxins (STXs), a family of compounds produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella, and domoic acid (DA), produced by multiple species i...

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Domoic acid

Dinoflagellate

Algal bloom

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