Chrysochromulina leadbeateri - Understanding the Presumed Causal Agent Behind the Harmful Algal Bloom of 2019

• Main Author: Grann-Meyer, Erlend
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Fiskehelse: 923; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923; BIO-3955; Balsfjorden; Kattfjorden; Niva; Troms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19284

In the Spring of 2019, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of Chrysochromulina leadbeateri decimated 14 500 tonnes of caged salmon in the Northern Norwegian coastal regions. C. leadbeateri is a natural part of the marine microbiome along the Norwegian coast, and similar events have happened in the past. To...