Background Documents and White Papers

State Reports

• Florida: Florida HAB monitoring program from Cindy Heil with input from Gary Kirkpatrick and Barbara Kirkpatrick
• Alabama: Alabama HAB response plan from Hugh MacIntyre and Carol Dorsey
• Mississippi: Mississippi HAB efforts from Dan Holiday, Adrienne Russell, and D. Jay Grimes
• Louisiana: Louisiana HAB efforts from Tom Soniat
• Texas: Texas HAB efforts from Merideth Byrd, Tracy Villareal, and Lisa Campbell

Draft HABs Observing System documents

• Harmful Algal Bloom Pilot Project for the Gulf of Mexico, The Beginnings of a Proposal by Tom Malone
• Observing System Requirements for the Harmful Algal Bloom Forecast System in the Gulf of Mexico by Richard Stumpf
• The state of research options for monitoring
• Bio-Sensing in Ocean Observation Workshop Report Sarasota, FL, June 18-20, 2007
• In Situ Instrumentation by John Paul, Chris Scholin, Ger van den Engh, and Mary Jane Perry, Oceanography, Volume 20, No. 2, June 2007

Workshop Reports

• Public Health Workshop Report St. Petersburg, FL, January 23-25, 2006
• A National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-supported workshop convened forty-nine experts, including scientists, coastal and inland resource and human health managers, communication experts, and social scientists, to develop a strategy for improving and implementing Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) prediction and response. Findings of the workshop held June 25-28 in Woods Hole, MA, will be published in a report on priorities for improving critical infrastructure, developing and implementing prevention, control, and mitigation strategies, and improving “rapid” event response capabilities. The diverse backgrounds of participants allowed the integration of scientific expertise with that of managers and human dimensions researchers. The report will form the basis of the National Scientific Research, Development, Demonstration, and Technology Transfer Plan on Reducing Impacts from HABs (http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/extremeevents/hab/habhrca/Reports_2004.html#report2), required by the 2004 reauthorization of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act. For more information, contact Libby.Jewett@noaa.gov or Cary.Lopez@noaa.gov.
• Alliance for Coastal Technologies workshops for HAB sensors. Reports available at http://www.act-us.info/workshops_reports.php.

Technical Documents

• ACT Workshop: Biosensors for Harmful Algal Blooms
• ACT Workshop: Genetic Sensors for Environmental Water Quality
• A handheld NASBA analyzer for the field detection and quantification of Karenia brevis by Casper et al. 2007

Miscellaneous

• Gulf of Mexico Region Work Plan by Joe Stinus
• Ecosystem dynamics, harmful algal blooms and operational oceanography by Tom Malone
• Coastal Management FY 2005 Annual Report from NASA
• One-page fact sheet on "National Assessment of Efforts to Predict and Respond to Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Waters"
• Full report "National Assessment of Efforts to Predict and Respond to Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Waters"

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