Proceedings Of The Third Canadian Workshop On Harmful Marine Algae PDF Download

Workshop on harmful marine algae hosted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, on May 12-14, 1992. The main focus of the Workshop was "Harmful Algal Products: Impacts on the Food Web, Fisheries and Aquaculture". The present proceedings contain: 1) The abstracts of the oral and poster presentations; 2) The six reports from the Working Groups that were set up for general discussion on the following subjects: Origin and Propagation of Harmful Algae, Transfer of Phycotoxins in the Food Web, Detection and Quantification of Toxic Algae and Toxins, and Monitoring and Prediction of Harmful Events; 3) A conclusion chapter summarizing and emphasizing the most important recommendations from the Working Groups; and finally in annex, 4) Two reviews highlighting the monitoring and phycotoxin programs in each DFO region, accompanied by a listing of National Working Hypotheses. A list of participants and an index of authors complete the proceedings.