Assess students' understanding of the physical (hydrodynamics, stratification, mixing, upwelling, light, temperature, nutrient inputs) and biological (species traits, growth rates, grazing, allelopathy, life cycles, cyst formation, succession) drivers and processes that control occurrence, persistence, and decline of harmful algal blooms in coastal and estuarine systems, including relevant spatial/temporal scales, basic modeling concepts, monitoring approaches, and management implications.