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Harmful algae blooms produce toxins that can poison humans, pets and wildlife, according to the Washington State Lake Protection Association. They commonly begin to occur near the start of summer ...
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom on Lake Erie (United States) in 2009. These kinds of algae can cause harmful algal bloom. A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means.
Klamath Lake AFA, also called Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae and Klamath AFA (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae MDT14a), is a strain of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. Small amounts of this cyanobacteria can be found in bodies of water worldwide, [ 1 ] but it is notable for growing prolifically in Upper Klamath Lake , Oregon .
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation biologists announced in 2013 that the lake was essentially dead as a fishery. After conducting a four-day survey in April 2013, using electrofishing and gill netting, they found no live fish. They estimated that toxic golden algae had killed more than 350,000 fish over a three-month period. [10]
A label for the proposed algae treatment says it is toxic to birds, but Lake Mattamuskeet was founded as a refuge for migratory birds. Birders, environmental groups alarmed by proposed Lake ...
Harmful algae blooms produce toxins that can poison humans, pets and wildlife, according to the Washington State Lake Protection Association. They commonly begin to occur near the start of summer ...
Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) says that Stroud Lake, which was created by damming Lincoln Creek, has a surface area of 600 acres (240 ha), a capacity of 8,800 acre-feet (10,900,000 m 3), a shoreline of 14 miles (23 km), and a normal elevation of 855 feet (261 m). The lake was built primarily to serve the following functions: water ...
Mast also complained about the Army Corps lowering the Orlando-area Chain of Lakes by discharging water into Lake O faster than releasing it east and west, so Lake O's level has only dropped a ...