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As discussed in Chapter 1, harmful algal bloom (HAB) problems are associated primarily with two general types of causative organisms: namely, toxin producers and high-biomass producers—some organisms have attributes of both groups. Importantly, toxin producers may lead to harmful consequences even when present in low cell concentrations (Sellner et al., 2003) whereas the impact of algae of the second group only has ecological consequences when their proliferation attains exceptionally high levels (Glibert et al., 2001).
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Pettersson, L.H., Pozdnyakov, D. (2013). Biology and ecology of harmful algal species. In: Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68209-7_2
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