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ECOHAB

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What caused the most toxic algal bloom ever observed in Monterey Bay?

05 Jun 2017

Jun 5, 2017 – In the spring of 2015, Monterey Bay experienced one of the most toxic algal blooms ever. A new paper shows that this bloom became particularly toxic because of an unusually low ratio of silicate to nitrate in Bay Waters.

satellite image shows temperature of the ocean in and around San Pedro Bay on April 2, 2014
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ECOHAB Spring 2014—Preliminary Observations

21 May 2014

May 21, 2014 – It’s now late May and the spring 2014 ECOHAB field experiment is winding down. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) are still conducting occasional surveys of the San Pedro Bay, but the rest of the instruments have been recovered.

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Study of harmful algal blooms builds on year-to-year experience

09 Apr 2014

Apr 9, 2014 – In late March 2014, like stealthy electronic sharks, two underwater gliders began cruising the ocean in and around San Pedro Bay, off Southern California. But instead of looking for a meal of fish or sea lions, these robotic vehicles were looking for signs of microscopic algae.

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The ECOHAB experiment—A first step toward predicting harmful algal blooms

20 Mar 2013

Mar 20, 2013 – Killing wildlife and occasionally sickening people, harmful algal blooms can be more than just a nuisance. But predicting these blooms is difficult—even more difficult than predicting the weather—because blooms result from a dynamic interaction between both physical and biological processes.

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