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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | The Influence of Parasites on Dinoflagellate Bloom Dynamics |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Robin Raine |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.27905, -9.05794 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/12/2010 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 30/11/2013 |
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| Project Keywords | Ssutainability; Shelfish; Water transfer; Toxic; Algal blooms |
| Project Abstract | The sustainability of shellfish aquaculture in Europe has been under threat due to the presence in the sea of toxin containing phytoplankton. The significant economic losses to aquaculture caused by the contamination of shellfish with algal biotoxins have demanded predictive models that can forecast harmful algal blooms. Whilst the onset of these events can in some cases be predicted with accuracy their duration is still highly uncertain One of the causes of the termination of harmful algal blooms is parasite infection yet virtually nothing is known of the dynamics of or even diversity of this group of organisms. This project will specifically research the relationship between the duration of harmful blooms of targeted species and their parasite infection. |