Sture Hansson: University of Vermont Marsh Professor Lecture The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: On Algal Blooms in the Baltic Sea

Uploaded by presdent on 02/08/2017

Tags: ecology environment "plant science" "environmental degradation"  

Blue-green algal blooms are common in the Baltic Sea as well as in many lakes, and they are often seen as a nuisance and an indication of environmental degradation. But because something is ugly does not necessarily mean that it's also bad. Can cyanobacterial blooms be good and important for health ecosystems?