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Maine Phytoplankton Monitoring Program

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR

At more than 40 sites coast-wide, community members and students use plankton nets and field microscopes to monitor for phytoplankton that have the potential to cause harmful algal blooms (HAB's also known as "red tides").

Description

This volunteer program was designed to act as an early warning system for HAB's, which may result in shellfish bed closures due to biotoxins.

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Documentation and papers

Catalogue records · 2

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Oceanography 69%
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