14434 IUPAC Gold Book - algal bloom 10.1351/goldbook.14434 14434 current 1 Rapid increase in the abundance of phytoplankton or benthic algae in a given area, often as a result of an increased availability of nutrients or light, or increase in temperature (e.g., the spring bloom). benthic https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14468 phytoplankton https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14918 PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 838 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14434/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14434/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14434/plain Citation: 'algal bloom' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14434 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-07-01T09:37:39+00:00