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Model Predicts Reducing Only Phosphorus Will Make Lake Erie Algal ...
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Harmful algal bloom in Western Basin of Lake Erie. Credit: Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. by Zachary Haslick. A new model from NCCOS-funded ...
Exploring Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms in Florida
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In November 2018, NCCOS provided an Event Response award of $5,000 to FGCU to aid efforts to identify whether cyanobacterial (blue-green algae) blooms ...
2023 Lake Erie Algal Bloom More Severe than Predicted by Seasonal ...
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The Microcystis bloom started at the beginning of July and was fully developed by mid-July. The bloom peaked in mid-August and persisted to ...
FAQs - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The most common bloom forming genus of cyanobacteria, Microcystis can form a layer of green scum in Lake Erie and it produces a toxin called ...
Using Microcystin-degrading Bacteria and their Enzymes for Water ...
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A variety of cyanobacteria, including Microcystis and Planktothrix, are known to release microcystins, which threaten human health. Lake Erie, in ...
Funding Awarded to Study Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria ...
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NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) provided an Event Response award of $5,000 to Florida Gulf Coast University to aid efforts ...
Towards a Predictive Understanding of Our Ecosystems: Microcystis ...
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The model will be developed based on available laboratory data, integrated into an existing water quality model of western Lake Erie and compared to ...
Bloom Forming Toxic Cyanobacteria Activate Special Genes to Use ...
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In a recent publication in Microbial Ecology, research funded by NCCOS illuminates the role of organic phosphorus in causing blooms of the toxic Micro ...
Establishing the Sources of Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms in the Great ...
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Although phosphorus typically limits the growth of freshwater phytoplankton populations, little is known about how the common toxic alga Microcystis ...
Molecular Response of the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium, Microcystis ...
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Cyanobacteria blooms caused by species such as Microcystis have become commonplace in many freshwater ecosystems. Although phosphorus (P) typically ...
Different Varieties of Microcystins Have Differing Toxicities, and Why ...
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Research technicians from Dr. Chaffin’s laboratory collect Lake Erie water samples for analysis as part of the NCCOS funded study. Models predicting ...
Microcystins in Bivalves: Optimizing of Monitoring For and Minimizing ...
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There are now data demonstrating that microcystins associated blooms of Microcystis accumulate in shellfish in California, Washington, Louisiana ...
Mitigating Microcystis in the Chesapeake Bay - NCCOS
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Dense accumulations of some cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa blooms in Chesapeake Bay accompany toxin levels (microcystin-LR) that exceed World ...
Lake Erie HAB 2019 Retrospective: Bloom Severity was 7.3, as Predicted ...
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The 2019 Microcystis bloom had a final severity index (SI) of 7.3, more severe than the 2018 bloom, which had a final SI of 3.6 (see Fig 1). The ...
Complex Interactions Between Harmful Phytoplankton and Grazers ...
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We achieved a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying herbivore-nutrient-phytoplankton interactions. We directly quantified toxin levels and ...
NCCOS Funds $6.8M for New and Continuing Harmful Algal Bloom Research
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The Great Lakes, and western Lake Erie in particular, are subject to cyanobacterial HABs, primarily Microcystis that can produce microcystins, liver ...
Study Identifies Causes of Toledo’s Unprecedented 2017 Maumee River ...
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Concentrations of the toxin microcystin exceeded recreational contact limits at sites within the lower 12 miles of the river, and genetic sequencing ...
Developing Practical and Affordable Water Filtration Systems to Remove ...
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Blooms of cyanobacteria Microcystis can produce high concentrations of a cyanotoxin called microcystin that can poison and even kill animals and ...
Sediment and Algae Color the Great Lakes : Image of the Day
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Though satellite imagery cannot tell us what type of algae is growing, direct measurements of the water show that the bloom in Lake Erie is mostly Mic ...
Harmful Algal Bloom Action Plan Developed for Long Island
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A variety of toxic algal blooms occur around Long Island including red tides (Alexandrium), brown tides (Aureococcus), fish-killing HABs ...