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Past Projects CiguaHAB: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region: Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxigenesis. A NOAA ECOHAB Project Enhanced monitoring of harmful algal bloom dynamics and toxicity using real-time observations from co-deployed, automated biosensors A MIT Sea Grant funded project Investigations of toxic red tides and groundwater nutrient fluxes in the Nauset Marsh…

Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) A schematic of the ESP mooring assembly. (Paul Oberlander, WHOI) Throughout the world, ocean observatories are being created to provide data needed to study and manage many coastal phenomena and processes. A critical aspect of this effort is the availability of sensors for a wide range of parameters – physical, chemical,…

Operational HAB Monitoring and Forecasting in the Gulf of Maine Incorporating environmental sample processor technology into HAB monitoring and management. Coastal waters of New England are subject to recurrent outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) caused by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Nearshore shellfish beds between the Canadian border and Cape Cod are closed annually to harvesting, and…

Co-op Students Current Students   Anushka Rajagopalan Current Co-op Student I am a third-year undergraduate student at Northeastern University (Boston, MA) pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. My second co-op in Northeastern’s Co-Op Program is working as a Research Assistant at the Anderson Lab from January – June 2023. I am involved…

Publications 2024 Collapse Fachon, E., Pickart, R.S., Sheffield, G., Pate, E., Pathare, M., Brosnahan, M.L., Muhlbach, E., Horn, K., Spada, N.N., Rajagopalan, A., Lin, P., McRaven, L.T., Lago, L.S., Huang, J., Bahr, F., Stockwell, D.A., Hubbard, K.A., Farrugia, T.J., Lefebvre, K.A. and Anderson, D.M. (2024), Tracking a large-scale and highly toxic Arctic algal bloom: Rapid…

People Dr. Donald Anderson ~ Senior Scientist Director, U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biology Department, Mail Stop #32 Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289-2351 Contact: danderson@whoi.edu Dr. Mindy Richlen ~ Senior Research Specialist Project Lead, Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health Community Engagement Core Assistant Director, U.S. National…

Instrumentation We are working to implement new technologies that allow us to remotely sample for harmful algal bloom toxins and organisms. Field deployment of these instruments facilitates routine monitoring and provides rapid response opportunities when dangerous conditions occur. These technologies include: Environmental Sample Processor A microbiology lab in a can. Imaging FlowCytobot Capturing real-time images…