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From: Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful algal blooms and human health

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Potential climate change impacts on Puget Sound shellfish toxicity. Climatological monthly means of reconstructed sea surface temperature (SST) in Sequim Bay, Puget Sound, using detrended SST records at Race Rocks, British Columbia, from 1921 to 2007. The 13°C threshold for accelerated growth of Alexandrium catenella [42] is shown, and the mean annual window of favorable SST conditions is shaded for present day conditions. Scenarios for warmer SST conditions by 2, 4, and 6°C are shown in gray with the associated widening of the window of increased opportunity for A. catenella growth.

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