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Marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms [electronic resource]

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Title Marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms [electronic resource] / Peter E. Williams, editor.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers
Creation Date c2010
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Intro -- MARINE AND FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS -- MARINE AND FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- STATE OF THE SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: PRIORITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT -- Priority: Improve Methods for Detecting HAB Cells and Toxins -- Priority: Improve Understanding of HAB Toxin Uptake, Metabolism, and Health Effects in Humans and Animals -- Priority: Improve Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments -- Priority: Improve knowledge of Bloom Occurrence Through Better Monitoring -- Priority: Improve Bloom Prediction -- Priority: Develop HAB Prevention and Control Methods -- Priority: Improve HAB Research and Response Infrastructure -- NEXT STEPS: IMPROVING FEDERAL COORDINATION AND ADVANCING RESEARCH -- LIST OF ACRONYMS -- Chapter 1 LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND AND REPORT PROCESS -- 1.1. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND -- 1.2. REPORT PROCESS -- Chapter 2 THE HAB PROBLEM IN U.S. FRESHWATERS AND INLAND WATERS -- 2.1. GENERAL OVERVIEW -- 2.2. CYANOBACTERIA -- 2.2.1. Impacts of CyanoHABs on Human Health -- 2.2.2. Impacts of CyanoHABs on Aquatic Ecosystems and Domestic Animals -- 2.2.3. Economic and Sociocultural Impacts of CyanoHABs -- 2.3. OTHER FRESHWATER HABS -- Chapter 3 RESEARCH ON FRESHWATER HABS IN THE UNITED STATES -- 3.1. CURRENT FEDERAL RESEARCH -- 3.1.1. Occurrence of Freshwater HABs -- 3.1.2. Understanding Bloom Dynamics -- 3.1.3. Prevention -- 3.1.4. Mitigation and Control -- 3.1.4.a. Mitigation for Algal Toxins in Drinking Water -- 3.1.4.b. Mitigation for Algal Toxins in Algal Nutritional Supplements -- 3.1.4.c. Bloom Control -- 3.1.4.d. HAB Prediction -- 3.1.4.e. Outreach -- 3.1.5. Toxin Research and Methods for Detection and Analysis -- 3.1.6. Human Health and Ecological Effects -- 3.1.6.a. Human Health Effects -- 3.1.6.b. Ecological Effects -- 3.1.6.c. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment.
3.2. NEW OR PROPOSED RESEARCH ON FRESHWATER HABS -- EPA -- CDC -- NOAA -- Extramural projects -- Intramural projects -- 3.3. CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF ECOHAB IN FRESHWATER HAB RESEARCH -- Chapter 4 PLAN FOR IMPROVING FEDERAL RESPONSE TO FRESHWATER HABS: RESEARCH AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES -- 4.1. PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING GOALS AND PRIORITIES -- 4.2. RESEARCH AND INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES -- 4.2.1. Priority: Improve Methods for Detecting HAB Cells and Toxins -- 4.2.2. Priority: Improve Understanding of HAB Toxin Uptake, Metabolism, and Health Effects in Humans and Animals -- 4.2.3. Priority: Improve Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments -- Human Health Effects -- Ecological Effects -- Human and Ecological Risk Assessments -- 4.2.4. Priority: Improve Knowledge of Bloom Occurrence Through Better Monitoring -- 4.2.5. Priority: Improve Bloom Prediction -- 4.2.6. Priority: Develop HAB Prevention and Control Methods -- 4.2.7. Priority: Improve HAB Research and Response Infrastructure -- Chapter 5 STEPS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR FRESHWATER HAB RESEARCH AND RESPONSE -- 5.1. NATIONAL COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION -- 5.1.1. Federal Coordination -- 5.1.2. Coordination within the HAB Research and Management Community -- 5.1.3. National Meetings and Scientific Societies -- 5.1.4. Role of the U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms -- 5.2. INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION -- 5.2.1. U.S. Participation in International Organizations -- 5.2.2. International Scientific Meetings -- REFERENCES -- Appendix I FEDERAL FRESHWATER/ INLAND HAB RESEARCH AND RESPONSE PROGRAMS -- Agricultural Research Service -- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE -- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration -- Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) -- Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA).
Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR) -- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Center for Excellence in Human Health -- Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) -- Sea Grant -- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE -- United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) -- Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) -- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR -- Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) -- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) -- U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY -- ECOHAB -- Gulf of Mexico Program -- Office of Research and Development (ORD) -- National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) -- National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) -- National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) -- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION -- Appendix II OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS -- AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION (AWWARF) -- NATIONAL HAB COMMITTEE (NHC) -- THE U.S. NATIONAL OFFICE FOR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS -- Appendix III STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES -- ARIZONA -- CALIFORNIA -- FLORIDA -- INDIANA -- IOWA -- MARYLAND -- MICHIGAN -- MINNESOTA -- NEBRASKA -- NEW HAMPSHIRE -- NEW YORK -- NEVADA -- NORTH CAROLINA -- OREGON -- TEXAS -- VERMONT -- WASHINGTON -- WISCONSIN -- Appendix IV INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS -- AOAC MARINE AND FRESHWATER TOXINS TASK FORCE -- CYANONET -- GLOBAL WATER RESEARCH COALITION (GWRC) -- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA -- TOXIC-EU -- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
Series Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors
Extent 1 online resource (147 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010717756805171
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