Incidence and impact of damage to and mortality trends of georgia's timber, 1989. Forest Service resource bulletin

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6420907

Brantley, E A; Leonard, D; Cost, N D; Redmond, C; Thompson, M

Marine biotoxins and harmful algae represent a significant and expanding threat to human health and fisheries resources throughout the US. This problem takes many forms, ranging from massive red tides or blooms of cells that discolor the water to dilute, inconspicuous concentrations of cells noticed only because of the harm caused by the highly potent toxins those cells contain. Impacts include mass mortalities of wild and farmed fish, human intoxications and death from contaminated shellfish or fish, alterations of marine trophic structure, and death of marine mammals, seabirds, and other animals. The nature of the problem has changed considerably over the last two decades in the US. Where formerly a few regions were affected, now virtually every coastal state is threatened, in many cases over large geographic areas and by more than one harmful species. In an effort to surmount these problems, a workshop was convened to formulate a National Plan for the prediction, control, and mitigation of the effects of harmful algal blooms on the US marine biota.

• Research Organization: Forest Service, Asheville, NC (United States). Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
• OSTI ID: 6420907
• Report Number(s): PB-93-191153/XAB; FSRB-SE--134
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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