MONITORING OF PHYTOPLANKTON AND HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN THAI WATERS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Marine and Coastal Upper Gulf of Thailand Resources Research Center, Eastern Gulf of Thailand Marine and Coastal Resources Research Marine and Coastal and Development Resources Research Center, Central Gulf of Thailand Institute Marine and Coastal Phuket Marine Biological Resources Research Center, Center Lower Gulf of Thailand

Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca September – February Noctiluca Phytoplankton blooms January – March in Thai waters Chaetoceros, macrophytes

Oscillatoria

Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria, June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca September – February Noctiluca Phytoplankton blooms January – March in Thai waters Chaetoceros, macrophytes

Year‐round Ceratium, Noctiluca, Oscillatoria June – September Oscillatoria, Noctiluca September – February Noctiluca Phytoplankton blooms January – March in Thai waters Chaetoceros, macrophytes

2016 Andaman Sea

Protoperdinium sp. Alexandrium sp. Oscillatoria sp. Guinardia sp.

OPE N-E NDE D QUE ST I ON ABOUT HARMF UL AL GAE Ha rmful a lg a e a re a re c e nt disc o ve ry (’ 90s) 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

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