Page provides, information and contact details of Relief Commissioners Of Indian States and Union Territories as on 6-12-2005, compiled by National Institute of Disaster Management.
URL: http://www.nidm.net/State_RC.pdf

Diatoms, highly successful photosynthetic plankton responsible for 40% of the net primary production in the oceans, undergo seasonal population explosions called phytoplankton blooms that attract billions of krill, copepods, and other grazing predators. As a defense, wounded diatoms release aldehyde compounds that minimize future diatom casualties by compromising the hatching success of grazers. But these diatom-derived aldehydes can also kill diatoms.
URL: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/plos-cab021506.php

Red tides are a dangerous increase in small ocean plants called algae. During a red tide, algae may release toxins into the water and air. Mario Sengco is a marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. He's been testing a possible way to halt red tides, by mixing in particles of clay.
URL: From http://www.earthsky.org

Western Australia may be a beneficiary of a CSIRO decision to sell technology that removes phosphorous from water to Sydney-based IMT Holdings Ltd. Phoslock, which aims to stop remove the cause of algal bloom.
URL: http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/en-story.php?/1/32144/WA-win-from-CSIRO-technology-deal

The page describes general information on algal blooms, with special emphasis on remote sensing which plays significant role in the detection, monitoring and prediction of algal blooms in the marine environment.
URL: From http://perswww.kuleuven.ac.be

Algal blooms represent accumulations of high amounts of particulate organic carbon and nutrients. Viral lysis will result in a sudden release of dissolved algal cellular components. Virus infection may thus not only have a direct effect on phytoplankton dynamics and diversity, but also an indirect effect by enhancing bacterial production.
URL: From http://aslo.org

Using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), the first in a new class of oceanographic research instrumentation, a team of MBARI scientists and engineers detected the onset and development of a harmful algal bloom (HAB).
URL: From http://www.sciencedaily.com

The site provides answers to the questions such as: What are Harmful Algal Blooms? types of harmful algal blooms; what causes HABs to increase? etc. besides, some information on harmful algal bloom research; understanding HABs; monitoring and event response; detecting HABs; forecasting HAB landfall, and management & policy implications.
URL: http://www.hab.nos.noaa.gov/habfacts.html

As soon as the pest algae run out of nutrients, viruses attack and abruptly end the algal bloom. This is revealed in a three-year international study under the leadership of the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. This knowledge opens up opportunities for using natural enemies to remove algal blooms in isolated areas.
URL: From http://www.sciencedaily.com

Coastal fisheries are not only increasingly threatened by increasing overexploitation, but also by pollution that can lead to eutrophication and the development of harmful algal blooms. The hypothesis proposed is that increased, more accessible and regular information on the risk posed to human health by toxic algae along the Indian coastline will significantly reduce the associated health burden in this region and mitigate other negative impacts to local populations related to this problem.
URL: From http://www.onefish.org