The incidence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) is increasing in the United States and
worldwide. HAB toxins cause a substantial but unquantified amount of human and animal …

In this Focus article, the authors ask a seemingly simple question: Are harmful algal blooms
(HABs) becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic …

In 2004, Congress reauthorized the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and
Control Act of 1998 with the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act (HABHRCA …

Lake Erie and the HAB event stretching hundreds of miles in the Ohio River, other inland
water bodies were impacted by HABs from the east to west coasts of the United States. A …

Along the Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, harmful algal blooms
(HABs) have caused losses to natural resources and coastal economies, and have resulted …

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) result from noxious and/or toxic algae that cause direct and
indirect negative impacts to aquatic ecosystems, coastal resources, and human health.• …

Freshwater harmful algal bloom (FHAB) toxins can cause morbidity and mortality in both
humans and animals, and the incidence of FHABs in the United States and Kansas has …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are diverse phenomena involving multiple. species and
classes of algae that occupy a broad range of habitats from lakes to oceans and produce a …

Over the last several decades many areas of the world, including the United States, have
experienced a growing trend in the incidence of harmful algal blooms (Anderson 1989; …

Algal blooms are a common occurrence in aquatic environments. A subset of these blooms
poses environmental or public-health threats, and is therefore referred to as “harmful algal …