Marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms / / Peter E. Williams, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 579.8/165
• Soggetto topico: Algal blooms - United States; Algal blooms - Health aspects; Algal blooms - Environmental aspects; Algal blooms - Research - United States
• Altri autori: WilliamsPeter E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This work describes the broad range of negative impacts that freshwater harmful algal bloom toxins have on humans, animals and aquatic ecosystems and actions that must be taken to resolve this issue.
• Titolo autorizzato: Marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms
• ISBN: 1-61470-210-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968257503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers)