NOAA Fisheries mobilizes to gauge unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom

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June 15, 2015

NOAA Fisheries mobilizes to gauge unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom

Offshore survey will measure extent and severity of largest

harmful algal bloom in more than a decade

6.15.2015_final_algal_bloom_pr.pdf

West Coast toxic algae bloom closes fisheries from Calif. to Washington

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/15/west-coast-algae-bloom-red-tide/28782405/ 

 

Very Toxic Algal Bloom in Monterey Bay

http://club.scyc.org/2015/05/28/very-toxic-algal-bloom-in-monterey-bay/ 

 

Large bloom of toxic algae under way in Monterey Bay and beyond

Monitoring program led by UC Santa Cruz has detected high levels of the toxin domoic acid in Monterey Bay; more blooms reported elsewhere along the west coast

http://news.ucsc.edu/2015/05/algal-bloom.html