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Nature 388, 513-514 (7 August 1997) |

Turning back the harmful red tide

Donald M. Anderson1

  1. Donald M. Anderson is at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA.
    e-mail: Email: danderson@whoi.edu
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Harmful algal blooms are a serious and increasing problem in marine waters, yet scientists and funding agencies have been slow to investigate possible control strategies.

Each holiday season I await the visit of one relative with trepidation. Years ago he asked whether I had "stopped that red tide problem yet?