This newsletter details efforts by the task group to create strategies in advance of issues caused by harmful algal blooms, and also contains an update on research on the red tide dinoflagellate, Scrippsiella carolinium.
Harmful Algal Blooms
S.C. Task Group on Toxic Algae Newsletter – Winter 2000
This newsletter examines research efforts on red tides in state estuaries, as well as innovative measures to treat and diagnose symptoms of Possible Estuarine-Associated Syndrome (PEAS).
S.C. Task Group on Toxic Algae Newsletter – Summer 1999
This newsletter details South Carolina efforts to check sites of suspected toxic algal blooms in 1999, prevent human health consequences, and study Possible Estuary-Associated Syndrome (PEAS).
S.C. Task Group on Toxic Algae Newsletter – Winter 1998-1999
South Carolina was awarded $160,000 as part of a six-state, $3.2 million grant provided by the CDC’s National Centers for Environmental Health to track the human health effects posed by the toxic marine alga Pfiesteria piscicida.
S.C. Task Group on Toxic Algae Newsletter – Spring 1998
This newsletter details the creation of the S.C. Task Group on Toxic Algae in response to outbreaks of Pfiesteria in several mid-Atlantic states in the 1990’s. A sidebar includes information about worldwide seafood poisonings caused by toxic algae.
Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
This briefing book from the Our Coastal Future Forum provides an explanation of South Carolina’s changing climate, and information about the effects on coastal biodiversity and living marine resources.