Three decades of Canadian marine harmful algal events: phytoplankton and phycotoxins of concern to human and ecosystem health

• Published in: Harmful Algae
• Main Authors: Mckenzie, Cynthia H., Bates, Stephen S., Martin, Jennifer L., Haigh, Nicola, Howland, Kimberly L., Lewis, Nancy I., Locke, Andrea, Peña, Angelica, Poulin, Michel, Rochon, André, Rourke, Wade A., Scarratt, Michael G., Starr, Michel, Wells, Terri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: phycotoxin; harmful algal event; saxitoxin; domoic acid; okadaic acid; HAEDAT; Alexandrium; Pseudo-nitzschia; Dinophysis; Chaetoceros; Heterosigma; Northeast Pacific; Northwest Atlantic; Arctic Canada; Arctic; British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland; Pacific; Atlantic Arctic; Atlantic-Arctic; Climate change; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Alaska; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101852; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=faa5b8ad-9324-4dad-9fa0-3b432f86deb8; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=faa5b8ad-9324-4dad-9fa0-3b432f86deb8

Spatial and temporal trends of marine harmful algal events in Canada over the last three decades were examined using data from the Harmful Algal Event Database (HAEDAT). This database contains the most complete record of algal blooms, phycotoxins and shellfish harvesting area closures in Canada sinc...