CFOS Juneau Seminar: Machine learning to predict algal blooms

October 13, 2020

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Department of Fisheries in Juneau will hold its weekly seminar Friday, Oct. 16, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom. The talk will be offered by John Harley, a postdoctoral researcher at the �Ӱ�pro Coastal Rainforest Center at the University of �Ӱ�pro Southeast.

"Machine Learning to Predict Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast �Ӱ�pro"

Paralytic shellfish poison toxins are a threat to human health and subsistence lifestyles in Southeast �Ӱ�pro. It is important to understand the drivers of harmful algal blooms to inform shellfish management and aquaculture, as well as to predict trends of HABs in a changing climate. By incorporating publicly available environmental datasets we have created a machine learning model capable of forecasting PSP events in Southeast �Ӱ�pro on daily time-scales. These models can be used to identify important drivers of HABs which can inform planning and modeling of food security in coming years.

For Zoom information, email Gabrielle Hazelton at gdhazelton@alaska.edu .