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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Desalination: a Guide to Impacts, Monitoring and Management.
(Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO,, Paris, France, 2017)
Arid countries throughout the world are heavily reliant on seawater desalination for their
supply of drinking and municipal water. The desalination industry is large and rapidly
growing, approaching more than 20,000 ...
Guide for designing and implementing a plan to monitor toxin-producing microalgae. 2nd Edition.
(Unesco & IAEA, Paris, France & Vienna, Austria, 2016)
The first edition of this manual was first published in 2011
in Spanish. Pigmented phytoplankton is the main primary producer and
constitutes the foundation of the marine food webs. Blooms,
the explosive growth of ...
Real-time Coastal Observing Systems for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Harmful Algal Blooms: theory, instrumentation and modelling.
(Unesco, Paris, France, 2008)
The proliferation of harmful phytoplankton in
marine ecosystems can cause massive fish kills,
contaminate seafood with toxins, impact local
and regional economies and dramatically affect
ecological balance. Real-time ...
Manual on Harmful Marine Microalgae. 2nd revised edition.
(UNESCO, Paris, France, 2004)
Following a general introduction on harmful algal blooms, the Manual proper
is composed of four parts: Methods, Taxonomy, Monitoring and Management, and
Appendices. The Methods section covers oceanographic field-sampling ...
GlobalHAB: Evaluating, Reducing and Mitigating the Cost of Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium of Case Studies.
(North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2020)
Over the last two decades, several efforts have been addressed to compile what is known about the economic impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs; e.g., Anderson et al., 2000; Hoagland and Scatasta 2006; Huppert and Trainer, ...
Potentially harmful microalgae of the western Indian Ocean: a guide based on a preliminary survey.
(UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France, 2001)
Guidelines for the study of climate change effects on HABs.
(UNESCO-IOC/SCOR, Paris, France, 2021)
Our planet Earth is changing. Marine and freshwater ecosystems are experiencing intense natural and anthropogenic pressures that will generate unforeseen changes in their structure and functioning. The drivers of climate ...
Solutions for managing cyanobacterial blooms: A scientific summary for policy makers.
(UNESCO-IOC, Paris, France, 2019)
Algae grow wherever there is water; in
oceans, freshwater lakes, rivers, streams and
pools. They underpin aquatic food webs,
providing nutrition for animals in the system,
and along with microbes, are responsible
for ...