Bigelow Laboratory: Help, It’s An HAB

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) negatively impact organisms in a variety of ways that can range from cell and tissue damage to organism death. Although toxin production is one of the major mechanisms by which the blooms cause such severe damage, there are several other...

SEATOR: Safe Shellfish

This film, produced by SEATOR walks students through how toxins that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning get into your food and how the Sitka Tribe of Alaska has created a program to monitor HABs and toxins throughout Southeast Alaska. The film shows how to properly...

Plankton Chronicles: Diatoms

5 minute video that utilizes beautiful microscopy photographs and video clips to explain what diatoms are, their evolutionary history, how they photosynthesize, and their role in marine ecosystems.