Harmful algal blooms (HABs) - blooms that cause fish kills, contaminate seafood with toxins, or cause human or ecological health impacts and harm to local economies - are occurring more often, in more places and lasting longer than in past decades. This expansion is primarily the result of human activities, through increased nutrient inputs and various aspects of climate change.

The Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) programme promoted international collaboration to understand HAB population dynamics in various oceanographic regimes and to improve the prediction of HABs.

This volume introduces readers to the overarching framework of the GEOHAB programme, factors contributing to the global expansion of harmful algal blooms, the complexities of HABs in different habitats, and the forward-looking issues to be tackled by the next generation of GEOHAB, GlobalHAB.

The programme brought together an international team of contributingscientists and ecosystem managers, and its outcomes will greatly benefit the international research community.

Preface to Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal BlooHarmful algal Blooms and the Importance of Understanding their Ecology and Oceanography

Establishment, Goals, and Legacy of the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) Program
Changing Land, Sea- and Airscapes: Sources of Nutrient Pollution Affecting Habitat Suitability for Harmful Algae
Harmful Algal Blooms in a Changing Ocean
Nutrients and HABs: Dynamic Kinetics and Flexible Nutrition
Mixotrophy in HABs: by Whom, on Whom, When, Why, and What Next
The Role of Life Cycle Characteristics in Harmful Algal Bloom Dynamics
Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Stratified Systems
Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Fjords and Coastal Embayments
Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems
Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Relation to Nutrients and Eutrophication
Key Questions and Recent Research Advances on Harmful Algal Blooms in Benthic Systems
Overview of Harmful Algal Blooms in Asia
Harmful Algal Blooms in the Coastal Waters of China
Green Tides of the Yellow Sea: Massive Free-floating Blooms of Ulva prolifera
Ecological Drivers of Green Noctiluca Blooms in Two Monsoonally Driven Ecosystems
Advancements and Continuing Challenges of Emerging Technologies and Tools for Detecting Harmful Algal Blooms, Their Antecedent Conditions and Toxins, and Applications in Predictive Models
Recent Advances in Modelling of Harmful Algal Blooms
Emerging HAB Research Issues in Freshwater Environments
Mitigation and Control of HABs
GlobalHAB: Fostering International Coordination on Harmful Algal Bloom Research in Aquatic Systems.