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A toxic ‘tide’ is creeping over bountiful Arctic waters

Off the Alaskan coast, scientists find dense beds of algal cysts from a species that make marine animals poisonous to eat.
Cysts of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella stained with primuline

Cysts of the toxic algae Alexandrium catenella, which is finding a foothold in cold Arctic waters. Credit: Evangeline Fachon

Toxic algae are likely to begin blooming more frequently in Arctic waters as the climate and the ocean warm1.



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Nature 598, 238 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02715-z

References

  1. Anderson, D. M. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107387118 (2021).

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