Introduction to the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) Synthesis

Abstract

This volume on the Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) Programme is aimed at synthesizing the broad range of research and activities that took place during the nearly two decades of the international programme bearing this acronym. It is, however, but a snapshot into the diversity of work that took place all over the globe, promoted directly by GEOHAB and its core programmes, indirectly through its multiple Open Science Meetings or obliquely through the greater awareness of HABs and their impacts made known through various outreach activities, workshops and written materials. These impacts were, at least in part, a result of GEOHAB and related activities. Thus, the editorship and authorship throughout this book reflect the global reach of the GEOHAB Programme (Fig. 1.1).