Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms

ISBN-13: 9783662517604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 309 str.

Lasse H. Pettersson; Dmitry Pozdnyakov

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Aspects of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB).- 2. Biology and ecology of some harmful algal species (focus on Chantonella-tbd).- 3. Retrieval of algal bloom related quantities from space.- 4. Monitoring algal bloom from space.- 5. Integrated approach for operational and forecasting HAB events.- 6. Outlook.