Lasse H. Pettersson, Dmitry Pozdnyakov

Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in our oceans produce toxins harmful to marine life. Drawing on current and future satellite data, this book details the research techniques for monitoring and predicting visible algae blooms.

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Sometimes known as "Red Tides", some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World's oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, these harmful algal blooms can even cause illness or death in humans. Shellfish filter feed on phytoplankton and concentrate their toxins in their bodies and people who eat them can contract life threatening food poisoning. A number of countries have monitoring programmes to measure the presence of toxins in algal blooms. Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms is all about the research techniques to monitor visible algal blooms and through remote sensing, including infrared techniques, predict them through mathematical modelling.

Produktdetails

• Springer Praxis Books
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 10929551, 978-3-540-22892-9
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 173mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9783540228929
• ISBN-10: 3540228926
• Artikelnr.: 14725846

Autorenporträt

Sometimes known as Red Tides , some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in the World s oceans produce toxins which can harm marine life. In certain circumstances, these harmful algae blooms can even cause illness or death in humans. Shellfish filter feed on phytoplankton and concentrate their toxins in their bodies and people who eat them can contract life threatening food poisoning. A number of countries have monitoring programs to measure the presence of toxins in algae blooms. Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms is all about the research techniques to monitor visible algae blooms and through remote sensing, including infrared techniques, predict them through mathematical modeling.

Inhaltsangabe

Aspects of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB).- Biology and ecology of some harmful algal species (focus on Chantonella-tbd).- Retrieval of algal bloom related quantities from space.- Monitoring algal bloom from space.- Integrated approach for operational and forecasting HAB events.