SLIDE 1 MONITORING OF PHYTOPLANKTON AND HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THAI WATERS
Jiraporn Charoenvattanaporn
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Thailand
WESTPAC workshop on the development of a research strategy for Harmful Algal Blooms Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 19 December 2016
SLIDE 2 Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Upper Gulf of Thailand Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Central Gulf of Thailand Phuket Marine Biological Center Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Lower Gulf of Thailand Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Eastern Gulf of Thailand
Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute
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Phytoplankton blooms in Thai waters
September – February Noctiluca June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria January – March Chaetoceros, macrophytes
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Oscillatoria
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Phytoplankton blooms in Thai waters
September – February Noctiluca June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria, January – March Chaetoceros, macrophytes
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Phytoplankton blooms in Thai waters
September – February Noctiluca June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria January – March Chaetoceros, macrophytes
SLIDE 10 Guinardia sp. Protoperdinium sp. Alexandrium sp. Oscillatoria sp.
SLIDE 11 OPE N-E NDE D QUE ST I ON ABOUT HARMF UL AL GAE
L ig ht inve rte d mic ro sc o pe ide ntific a tio n pro b le ms Upda te with ne w spe c ie s o r c ha ng e in ta xo no my Othe r me tho ds o f ide ntific a tio n Sa mpling ma na g me nt (me tho ds, fre q ue nc y) Why a lg a e pro duc e to xins a nd ho w ma ny Be ha vio ur o f she llfish with ha rmful a lg a e (pre se nc e o f a lg a e do e sn’ t link a lwa ys to ma rine b io to xin in she llfish) Only c ultiva tio n o f ha rmful a lg a e c a n impro ve the kno wle dg e o f b io to xin in she llfish Ha rmful a lg a e a re a re c e nt disc o ve ry (’ 90s)
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