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First harmful algal bloom species genome sequenced

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The microscopic phytoplankton Aureococcus anophagefferens, which causes devastating brown tides, may be tiny but it’s proven to be a fierce competitor.
In the first genome sequencing of a harmful algal bloom species, researchers found that Au…

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Brown tide culprit sequenced: Genome of the first of algal bloom species

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Algae play key roles in the global carbon cycle, helping sequester significant amounts of carbon. Some algal species can bloom, or become so numerous, that they discolor coastal waters and reduce the amount of light and oxygen available in the e…

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UT researchers link algae to harmful estrogen-like compound in water

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an estrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the normal activity of reproductive hormones and adversely affect fish…

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Could oysters be used to clean up Chesapeake Bay?

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Madison, WI JANUARY 20, 2011 — Chronic water quality problems caused by agricultural and urban runoff, municipal wastewater, and atmospheric deposition from the burning of fossil fuels leads to oxygen depletion, loss of biodiversity, and harmful al…

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LSU oceanography researcher discovers toxic algae in open water

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BATON ROUGE — LSU’s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate student Ana Garcia, from the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences in LSU’s School of the Coast & Environment, has discovered toxic algae in vast, remote regions of the o…

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New way of removing excess nitrogen from the environment

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Excess nitrogen from agricultural and urban lands is contaminating groundwater, streams, lakes and estuaries, where it causes harmful algal blooms and contributes to fish kills.
Cost-effective approaches to removing this nitrogen from croplands an…

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