13.6 Conclusions
Organic forms of nutrients originate from various sources, natural and anthropogenic. Organic nutrients are, in turn, used by many HAB species that have multiple acquisition mechanisms. The strategies for nutrient and carbon acquisition by HABs are thus far more complex than were thought a decade or two ago. With the application of the host of methods now available to characterize and quantify organic matter and to measure nutrient and carbon fluxes, the role of osmotrophy in HAB dynamics will increasingly be recognized. However complex, these processes must be better understood, quantified and incorporated into models in order to advance our ability to understand population and food web dynamics and to predict the occurrences of HABs.
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Glibert, P.M., Legrand, C. (2006). The Diverse Nutrient Strategies of Harmful Algae: Focus on Osmotrophy. In: Granéli, E., Turner, J.T. (eds) Ecology of Harmful Algae. Ecological Studies, vol 189. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32210-8_13
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