115, 143 Similarly, a study of reefs in Taiwan that examined the impacts of sewage found that higher levels of sewage (as estimated by measurements of nutrient and suspended sediment levels) were linked to algal blooms and sediment smothering of corals in shallow areas.
These parameters are all potentially linked to the generation of plankton blooms that harbor Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera.
The seasonality of cholera epidemics may be linked to the seasonality of plankton (algal blooms) and the marine food chain.
Harmful algal blooms, for example, have been linked to mass strandings of whales as far back as the Miocene.
To what extent, if at all, these events are linked to the emerging issue of toxic P. bahamense blooms remains undetermined.
On Friday, Washington State health officials reported the first U.S. illnesses linked to one particular strain of toxin triggered by an algal bloom.
On the one hand, regions of the brain associated with executive decision-making and goal-directed behaviors had shriveled, while, conversely, brain sectors linked to habit formation had bloomed.
Tests show they are tainted with a toxic algae bloom linked to the warm waters brought on by El Niño.
Akashiwo sanguinea-associated blooms have also been linked to coral bleaching due to the formation of proteinaceous material [18], similar to that found in this event.
Three of the five human RecQ genes, designated BLM, WRN and RECQ4, have been genetically linked to the autosomal recessive diseases Bloom Syndrome (BS), Werner Syndrome (WS) and Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome (RTS), respectively.
