Alexandrium toxic blooms
Blooms occur when cells divide faster than they are grazed. The 2005 bloom in Gulf of Maine area was the largest in New England since 1972. The map below shows areas closed to shellfishing (red lines and blue square).
NOAA Awards More Emergency Funding to New England Red Tide Response Effort. NOAA Magazine. 9 June 2005.
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