A National Ocean Service/National Center for Coastal Ocean Science Program
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
Promoting a better understanding of harmful algal blooms by way of volunteer monitoring
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Plankton News
The Plankton News is a newsletter produced by the Phytoplankton Monitoring Program (PMN). The newsletter focuses on highlighting different components of the monitoring program, volunteer/school groups, and current phytoplankton research. The Plankton News is mailed out three times a year and can also be downloaded as a PDF file from the website
If you would like to receive a free subscription to the newsletter, please email Jeff Paternoster your name and address and you will be added to the mailing list.
2009
- Plankton News February 2009
: Cover Story - The White Princess, Articles - Dominican Bound: Spirit of SC Collects Offshore Samples, From The Desk Of Dr. Morton, Dictyocha Bloom on the Alaskan High Seas, Basic Observation Buoy Workshop, Wonders of Phytoplankton on the Web, SC PMN Volunteer Groups Working as a Team, Researcher from Pakistan Visits Marine Biotoxins Program, From the Field: West Hawaii Explorations Academy, What Does PMN Mean to Allison Sill?, Species Spotlight - Gymnodinium catenatum
2008
- Plankton News September 2008 : Cover Story - Domoic Acid Exposure in Strandings Along Atlantic Coast, Articles - From The Desk Of Dr. Morton, 2008 NMEA Conference, The Noctiluca Are Blooming!, 2008 Microscopy and Microanalysis Conference, Ask a Scientist, Biotoxins Scientist Q&A: Dr. Gregory Doucette, PMN Expansion Species Spotlight - Noctiluca scintillans, Volunteer Spotlight - Alabama
- Plankton News May 2008 : Cover Story - Toxic Dinophysis acuminata Bloom in Texas, Articles - Update from Dr. Morton, News and Notes, Q & A With Aquatic Microbial Toxicologist, PMN Expansion, Alaska HAB Workshop, PMN Volunteer Snapshots, Species Spotlight - Dinophysis acuminata, Volunteer Spotlight - Bob Neville & Sunnie Jones, Folly River (SC)
- Plankton News February 2008 : Cover Story - Red Tide in the South Pacific Ocean, Articles - PMN Volunteer Snapshots, Update from Dr. Morton, HABIOS Workshop, News and Notes, Q & A With a Marine Biologist, PMN Bulletin Board, Species Spotlight - Ceratium furca
2007
- Plankton News September 2007 : Cover Story - Investigating a Link between Domoic Acid and Whale Mortality, Articles - Dr. Morton's research update, Welcome new PMN staff, PMN and Boy Scouts, PMN expansion to Texas and Alabama, Q & A With a Marine Biologist, Volunteers - Spotlight on Marcella Turonis, Species Spotlight - Prorocentrum minimum
- Plankton News February 2007 : Cover Story - Multispecies Pseudo-nitzschia bloom in North Carolina, Articles - Dr. Morton's research update, New website and Arc IMS/GIS database, PMN expansion to Virgin and Hawaiian Islands, Volunteers - Spotlight on Doris Cohrs from Friends of Sapelo Island, Tributes - Wendy Wicke
2006
- Plankton News June 2006 : Articles - Letter from Program Lead, Microscopy Workshop, Life Time Achievement Award, Update on Julie Cahill, Dr. Alexander Vershinin and Living Black Sea; Data - 2005 Summary; Species Spotlight - Skeletonema costatum; Volunteers - Report of SEERS meeting, Spotlight on Allene Barnes of Porter-Gaud School
2005
- Plankton News November 2005 : Articles - Phytoplankton and Hurricane Katrina, Letter from the Coordinator; Species Spotlight - Karenia brevis; Volunteers - Spotlight on Grand Strand Master Gardeners Association
- Plankton News June 2005 : Special Edition! Cover Story - First Flight High School Reports NC's First Algal Bloom; Fact Sheet - Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning and Domoic Acid; Articles - Identifying Pseudonitzchia spp., Domoic Acid ELISA, Domoic Acid Extractions, Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR); Ask the Scientists Section; Species Spotlight - Pseudo-nitzschia spp.; Volunteers - Spotlight on First Flight High School, Method to Report a Bloom, Preserve a Sample or Collect and Prepare a Live Sample
- Plankton News April 2005 : Articles - Welcome North Carolina, Plankton Researches at Porter-Gaud; Fact Sheet - The Carbon Cycle; Ask the Scientists Section; Contests - Recycled Phytoplankton, Art Contest Winners; Volunteers - Students Present Poster at SEERS; Student Activity Page
2004
- Plankton News November 2004 : Articles - Suspected Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, SE-PORT Workshop; Bloom Spotlight - Chaetocerous in Bass Pond, SC; Contests - Art; Species Spotlight - Protoperidinium spp.; Volunteers - MIC-D information, Web Site Additions
- Plankton News January 2004 : Articles - Introducing PMN, Georgia SE-PORT; Remote Sensing to Monitor and Identify HABs; Conference Summary - Second Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the U.S.; Bloom Spotlight - Rhizosolenia in Murrels Inlet, SC; Species Spotlight - Ceratium spp.; Volunteers - On-line Data Entry
2003
- Plankton News September 2003 : Articles - SC Algal Ecology Team; Algae in the News - Red Tides in Florida, Domoic Acid in Whale Deaths; Conference Summary - National Marine Educators Association; Tributes - Kate Schaefer; Species Spotlight - Dinophysis
- Plankton News May 2003 : Articles - Project Oceania: At SEA!, Phytoplankton and 1st Grade Teachers; Conference Summary - International Conference on Harmful Algae; Species Spotlight - Pseudo-nitzschia
2002
- Plankton News Spring 2002 : Articles - Creation and Design of SCPMN; Data - First Year Summary; Species Spotlight - Akashiwo sanguinea
