SoundHAB: This summer 2011 harmful algal bloom project summary - how you can help

[Vera Trainer]

This summer the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) together with 
colleagues from U. Maine, Romberg Tiburon Lab (San Francisco State U), 
and University of Western Ontario, Canada, are conducting a project to 
determine the cause of fish mortality due to Heterosigma akashiwo.  
SoundToxins partners and the SoundHABs Listserv are important in this 
project's success. We are very interested in knowing about when any 
Heterosigma cells are observed anywhere in the Pacific Northwest so that 
collections can be made.

As a reminder, Heterosigma blooms:
.    May occur in our waters anytime from May through October
.    Usually are associated with calm, warm and sunny weather and 
sometimes neap tidal series
.    Can occur and dissipate extremely quickly (a few days) compared to 
blooms in the Strait of Georgia
.    We ask to be notified immediately with even the most minimal 
indication of cells in the water.

Jack Rensel and his assistant Zach Siegrist are responsible for initial 
coordination of observations and should you have any, please post them 
to SoundHAB Listserv immediately or copy them to jackrensel at att.net, 
zcsiegrist at gmail.com and vera.l.trainer at noaa.gov 

How to post: When you hit "reply" on your browser to a posting it will 
be sent to the person who has posted, not the entire list, unless you 
click on the SoundHAB at whoi.edu link.

When posting, put as much information as possible in the Subject Header 
and please include:
.    Location
.    Date/time
.    Cell count
.    Vertical and horizontal distribution if known.

Other species of high interest include Dinophysis, Alexandrium, or 
Azadinium species which when present as "common" relative abundance, 
should be posted to SoundHAB Listserv with all species, location, date 
in the SUBJECT HEADER.

If there is any doubt and you don't wish to notify everyone via SoundHAB 
listserv, please send us (Jack, Zach and Vera) an email with your 
observations so sample analysis can be expedited.

As usual, please send questions re: species identifications to Brian 
Bill (brian.d.bill at noaa.gov) or Rita Horner (rita at ocean.washington.edu).

Thank you for your help, please contact us with any further questions. 
Vera Trainer, Jack Rensel, Zach Siegrist and colleagues

-- 

Vera L. Trainer, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Marine Biotoxin Group

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

2725 Montlake Blvd. E.

Seattle, WA  98112 USA


(206)860-6788

(206)860-3335 FAX

vera.l.trainer at noaa.gov

www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab

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