Harmful algal blooms can produce toxins that pose threats to aquatic ecosystems and
human health. In this Review, we outline the global trends in harmful algal bloom …

In this paper we review the technologies available to make globally quantitative
observations of particles in general—and plankton in particular—in the world oceans, and …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector globally and protein provisioning from
aquaculture now exceeds that from wild capture fisheries. There is clear potential for the …

As the human population and demand for food grow, the ocean will be called on to provide
increasing amounts of seafood. Although fisheries reforms and advances in offshore …

Autonomous platforms already make observations over a wide range of temporal and spatial
scales, measuring salinity, temperature, nitrate, pressure, oxygen, biomass, and many other …

We consider the current evidence of climate change effects on marine mammals that occur
in US waters relative to past predictions. Compelling cases of such effects have been …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur in most coastal regions worldwide, with microalgae
playing a major role in coastal waters. In recent decades, the number of algal blooms in …

Abstract The IOC-ICES-PICES Harmful Algal Event Database (HAEDAT) was used to
describe the diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of harmful algal events along the …

Locally based monitoring is typically undertaken in areas in which communities have a close
attachment to their natural resource base. We present a summary of work to develop a …