Toxic Blue-Greens & Cylindrospermopsis

• Algal Toxins Group: Glen Shaw's Research Interests
• Occurrence of Cylindrospermopsis (Cyanobacteria) in 39 Brazilian tropical reservoirs during the 1998 drought (paper in PDF format  )
• Australia's NSW Algal Alerts Information Page
• CyanoBase (Kazusa DNA Research Institute of Japan; Cyano Base contains a complete sequence of Synechocystis PCC 6803, including maps and online similarity searches. Also has online 2D protein gel and genetic source of many of the spots, alignment of translational initiation sites, and lists of amino terminal sequences and processing sites)
• CyanoSite's Toxic Cyanobacteria Homepage
  • Cyanobacterial Toxins
  • Toxic Cyanobacteria
  • Methods in Toxin Research
• PhycoToxin Discussion Group (Canada)
• NOAA Harmful Algal Blooms Data and Information
• Frequently Asked Questions on Harmful Algal Blooms
• GEOHAB (Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms)
• Indiana DNR Press Release Oct. 2001, State investigating Presence of Algae in Eagle Creek Reservoir, Morse Reservoir and Kokomo Reservoir.
• IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Website
• IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae
• ISSHA-International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae
• ISSHA - Harmful Algae & Phycotoxin Information Links
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Toxic Algae Site
• Texas Parks & Wildlife: Prymesium parvum toxicity and ecology information
• Toxic algal blooms: Harmful effects of blue-green algae on human health (Australian Biologist, 1997, vol. 1, no. 2, pages 107-110)
• Fact Sheet on Toxic Blue-green Algae by Carol Lembi (Purdue University)
• USGS Guidelines for Design and Sampling for Cyanobacterial Toxin and Taste & Odor Studies in Lakes and Reservoirs  
• Zebra Mussels and Blue-Green Algae: A Toxic Link?   (Michigan State University Future's Publication Spring 2004)
• Invasive Zebra Mussels increase cyanobacterial toxin in low-nutrient lakes   (Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:448-455)
• A Wave of Momentum for Toxic Algae Study (Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 109, Number 4, April 2001)

Toxic Marine Algae: Dinoflagellates, Diatoms & Haptophytes

• ISSHA's Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning, Domoic Acid, and Pseudo-nitzschia Homepage
• SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography (UCSD) April 2004: Neurotoxin in San Diego Seawater Identified for the First Time
• Pfiesteria piscicida: A Toxic Dinoflagellate Plaguing North Carolina ( courtesy of Mount Holyoke College, ca 1997-1998)
  • What is Pfiesteria piscicida?
  • Where is Pfiesteria piscicida?
  •  I=PAT
  •  Does Pfiesteria harm humans?
  • Solutions to stop Pfiesteria piscicida
  • Sources and Pfiesteria links
• Pfiesteria Piscicida (Chesapeake Quarterly Online vol 6, n1, 2007)

Harmful Algal Bloom Sites

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institiute's Harmful Algae Home Page
• Impact of Toxic or Harmful Microalgal Species on Wildlife
• Solutions To Avoid Red Tide, Inc. (START)
  • What is Red Tide?
• WebCoast's Red Tide Page (Tampa Bay, FL)
• Toxic Red Tide Populations in Western Gulf of Maine (USGS Woods Hole Science Center)
• NASA News: Hunting Dangerous Algae from Space