Although the bloom off Devon and Cornwall – stretching some 100 miles in length and going 20 miles into the Channel – involves the harmless emiliana huxleyi algae, another bloom at Fal Estuary is dangerous. This bloom consists of alexandrium tamarense algae, known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans.
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