Working Group 15- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Working Group 15 on "Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the North Pacific"
(Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2003)

Acronym: WG-15

Parent Scientific Program: MEQ

Terms of reference:

Identify the various species involved, and the timing, frequency, and duration of harmful algal bloom events;
Develop a regional database of relevant observational parameters associated with bloom events, including maps, bibliography, data sets and techniques, existing programs and expanded list of researchers in the area;
Investigate links between bloom events and environmental factors, trophic interactions and possible anthropogenic stress (e.g., eutrophication);
Assess the economic, health-related, and environmental impacts arising from harmful algal bloom events in order to improve the ability to predict the occurrence of these events and thus minimize their overall impacts;
Suggest areas where critical data are missing and where future research is necessary;
Facilitate regional collaborative research efforts at various levels to address these problems.

Products

WG-15 Annual Reports

2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

WG-15 Scientific Reports

Harmful algal blooms in the PICES region of the North Pacific (Sci. Rep. 23, 2002)

Members (Contact information as of October 2002)

Paul J. Harrison (Canada) AMCE Program Hong Kong University of Science Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 2358-7348 Fax: (852) 2358-8363 E-mail: harrison@ust.hk	F.J.R (Max) Taylor (Co-Chairman) Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences University of British Columbia 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada. V6T 1Z4 Phone: (1-604) 822-4587 Fax: (1-604) 822-6091 E-mail: maxt@unixg.ubc.ca
Maurice Levasseur Maurice Lamontagne Institute 850 de la Mer Road, P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli, Quebec Canada. G5H 3Z4 Phone: (1-418) 775-0608 Fax: (1-418) 775-0546 E-mail: levasseurm@dfo-mpo.gc.ca	Ian Whyte Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. V9R 5K6 Phone: (1-250) 756-7007 Fax: (1-250) 756-7053 E-mail: WhyteI@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tian Yan Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, People’s Republic of China. 266071 Phone: (86-532) 289-8589 Fax: (86-532) 289-3088 E-mail: tianyan@ms.qdio.ac.cn	Ming-Yuan Zhu Division of Mrine Biology First Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration Xianxianling Road, Qingdao, Shandong, People’s Republic of China. 266003 Phone: (86-532) 889-7447 Fax: (86-532) 889-0505 E-mail: myzhu@public.qd.sd.cn
You-Xian Yuan Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences 106 Nanjing Road, Qingdao, Shandong, People’s Republic of China. 266071 Phone: (86-532) 583-6341 Fax: (86-532) 587-1514 E-mail: ysfri@public.qd.sd.cn	Yasuwo Fukuyo University of Tokyo 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. Japan. 113-8657 Phone: (81-3) 5841-2782 Fax: (81-3) 5841-8040 E-mail: ufukuyo@hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Masaaki Kodama School of Fisheries Sciences Kitasato University Sanriku, Iwate, Japan. 022-01 Phone: (81-192) 442-121 Fax: (81-192) 442-125 E-mail: kodama@kitasato-u.ac.jp	Kyoichi Tamai Director, Harmful Algal Bloom Division National Research Institute of Fisheries & Environment of Inland Sea Maruishi 2-17-5, Oono-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. 739-0452 Phone: (81-829) 55-0666 Fax: (81-829) 54-1216 E-mail: tamaik@nnf.affrc.go.jp
Ichiro Imai Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. 606-8502 Phone: (81-757) 536-356 Fax: (81-757) 536-375 E-mail: imailro@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp	Man Chang Marine Biology Division Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute Ansan P.O. Box 29, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 425-600 Phone: (82-345) 400-6213 Fax: (82-345) 408-5829 E-mail: mchang@kordi.re.kr
Hak Gyoon Kim Director, Environment Research Division National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI) 408-1 Shirang-ri, Kijang-up, Kijang, Pusan, Republic of Korea. 619-900 Phone: (82-51) 465-0091 Fax: (82-523) 361-8076 E-mail: hgkim@haema.nfrda.re.kr	Chang-Hoon Kim Department of Aquaculture Pukyong National University 599-1 Daeyeon 3 Dong, Nam-Gu, Pusan, Republic of Korea. 608-737 Phone: (82-51) 620-6892 Fax: (82-51) 628-7430 E-mail: chkpknu@hanmail.net
Dmitry L. Aminin Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry 159 Prospect 100 let Vladivostoku, Vladivostok, Russia. 690022 Phone: (7-4232) 311-430 Fax: (7-4232) 314-050 E-mail: aminin@piboc.marine.su	Vladimir M. Shulkin Pacific Geographical Institute 7 Radio Street, Vladivostok, Russia. 690041 Phone: (7-4232) 320-652 Fax: (7-4232) 257-783 E-mail: shulkin@tig.dvo.ru
Tatiana Yu. Orlova (Co-Chairman) Institute of Marine Biology 17 Palchevskogog Street, Vladivostok, Russia. 690041 Phone: (7-4232) 317-107 Fax: (7-4232) 310-900 E-mail: orlovat@chat.ru	Inna Stonik Institute of Marine Biology 17 Palchevskogog Street, Vladivostok, Russia. 690041 Phone: (7-4232) 310-905 Fax: (7-4232) 310-900 E-mail: innast@mail.primorye.ru
Donald M. Anderson Biology Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Woods Hole, MA 02543 U.S.A. Phone: (1-508) 289-2351 Fax: (1-508) 457-2134 E-mail: danderson@whoi.edu	Vera L. Trainer Northwest Fisheries Science Center NMFS, NOAA 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112 U.S.A. Phone: (1-206) 860-6788 Fax: (1-206) 860-3335 E-mail: Vera.L.Trainer@noaa.gov
William Cochlan Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies San Francisco State University P.O. Box 855, Tiburon, CA 94920-0855 U.S.A. Phone: (1-415) 338-3541 Fax: (1-415) 435-7120 E-mail: cochlan@sfsu.edu	Mark L. Wells School of Marine Sciences University of Maine 5741 Libby Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5741 U.S.A. Phone: (1-207) 581-4322 Fax: (1-207) 581-4388 E-mail: mlwells@maine.edu
David Garrison Division of Ocean Sciences National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 725 Arlington, VA 22230 U.S.A. Phone: (1-703) 306-1587 Fax: (1-703) 306-0390 E-mail: dgarriso@nsf.gov

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