Alexandrium catenella planktonic cell distribution in the Alaskan Arctic (2018-2019)

• Main Authors: Evangeline Fachon, Donald Anderson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: Harmful Algal Bloom; Phytoplankton; Alexandrium; Distributed Biological Observatory; Alexandrium catenella; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2W66993S

During a time of unprecedented ecological change in the Arctic, harmful algal blooms have become an issue of increasing concern. Alexandrium catenella (A. catenella) is a dinoflagellate phytoplankton species which produces toxins known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), inducing sickness...