The Southeast Phytoplankton Monitoring Network is a network of volunteers who represent middle and high schools teachers and students, university faculty, community groups, and parks/recreational facilities. Volunteers are instructed on algae identification and sample on a weekly/biweekly basis throughout the coastal southeast, reporting their data to researchers at NOAA’s Marine Biotoxins Program in Charleston, S.C. Results from volunteer efforts work in concert with researchers as they assist scientists in identifying problem areas to isolate for further study.

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