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Robots Help Locate Origins of Shellfish Toxicity in Eastern Gulf of Maine
Description: Scientists have deployed four underwater robotic Environmental Sample Processors (ESPs) in the Bay of Fundy and the eastern Gulf of Maine. The ESPs count the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)-causing dinoflagellates, Alexandrium fundyense (aka New England red tide). The sensors test a critical hypothesis that A. fundyense cells originate in the Bay of Fundy and travel down the coast, resulting in shellfish toxicity in the Eastern Gulf of Maine. [Source: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science]
URL: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/robots-help-locate-origins-shellfish-toxicity-eastern-gulf-maine/
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Source: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Publish Date: 7/18/2017
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