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Bacteria commonly called blue-green algae are often present in bodies of water throughout the world, but if fed too much of the phosphorus and nitrogen in farm fertilizers, they can turn into harmful algae blooms that can affect drinking water, create oxygen-starved dead zones that kill marine life, spoil swimming, boating and tourism and ...
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.
Lake Erie in October 2011, during an intense cyanobacteria bloom [1] [2] Microcystins—or cyanoginosins—are a class of toxins produced by certain cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae. [3] Over 250 [4] different microcystins have been discovered so far, of which microcystin-LR is the most common.
The NOAA is predicting a moderate to larger-than-moderate algal bloom in Lake Erie this summer, which can make people and pets sick if exposed to it.
Nov. 2—Finally, it's over. Western Lake Erie's 2021 algal bloom wasn't the most serious, but it ended up being worse than expected and — thanks to an unusually warm October — was so ...
A team of scientists at the University of Michigan are searching for pharmaceutical drugs in Lake Erie's harmful algae bloom. Here's what to know.
A very large algae bloom in Lake Erie, North America, which can be seen from space. An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in fresh water or marine water systems. It is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from the algae's pigments. [1]
Harmful algae blooms, where toxins are released, are a public health threat and severely damage water quality in parts of the Great Lakes, like Lake Erie and the lower bay of Green Bay.