Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms – Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)

Chair(s)

Donald Anderson (USA)

Other Full Members

Allan Cembella (Canada), John Cullen (Canada), Malte Elbraechter (Germany), Marta Estrada (Spain), Yasuwo Fukuyo (Japan), Edna Graneli (Sweden), Gustaaf Hallegraeff (Australia), S. Maestrini (France), E. Paasche (Norway), Yu-Sao Qi (China-Beijing), Theodore J. Smayda (USA), and F.J.R. Taylor (Canada)

Associate Members

S. Bates (Canada), H, Chang (New Zealand), Grant Pitcher (South Africa), and W. Gieskes (Netherlands)

Terms of Reference

To review and analyze data on the physiological ecology and biochemical aspects of harmful algal blooms, especially those resulting in toxic episodes and paying particular attention to nutritional, environmental and physiological factors.
To assemble within two years the Working Group’s findings and submit for publication a report, summarizing the state of knowledge and identifying the areas of future research.

Approved

1992

Financial Sponsors

SCOR, NSF, IOC

Publications

Anderson, D.M., A.D. Cembella, and Gustaaf Hallegraeff (eds.). 1998. Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms. NATO ASI Series. Series G: Ecological Sciences, Volume 41. Springer-Verlag.