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Journal of Plankton Research, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbp102
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Plankton: A Guide to their Ecology and Monitoring for Water Quality

Claudia Castellani

Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
The Laboratory, Citadel Hill,
Plymouth PL1 2PB
UK

cxc@sahfos.ac.uk

Plankton: A Guide to their Ecology and Monitoring for Water Quality. Edited by Ian M. Suthers and David Rissik, CSIRO Publishing (Australia). 272 pp. ISBN: 9780643090583. AU $49.95

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Plankton is of great ecological and economic importance as it is at the base of aquatic food webs and fisheries. Nonetheless, several species of phytoplankton and jellyfish represent a hazard to human health and marine life, as they produce potent toxins or cause other noxious effects, such as anoxia and clogging of fish gills. Over the past century, reports of harmful plankton increases have become more frequent. Although this may be in part attributable to greater awareness of the public and attention from the media, it seems that this increase is real and its cost to the fishing and tourism industry amounts to many millions of dollars per year world-wide. To forecast outbursts of harmful plankton, make plans to avoid . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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