Ocean Conditions Contributed to Unprecedented 2015 Toxic Algal Bloom
![A magnified image of Pseudo-nitzschia australis, which dominated the 2015 bloom.C. Wingert/Cochlan Ecophysiology Lab/ San Francisco State University Ocean Conditions Contributed to Unprecedented 2015 Toxic Algal Bloom](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloom.jpg)
A study led by researchers at the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration connects the unprecedented West Coast toxic algal bloom of 2015 that closed fisheries from southern California to northern British Columbia to the unusually warm ocean conditions — nicknamed “the blob” — in winter and spring of that year. […]