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State-run parks and beaches provide a bevy of tools for uncovering real-time reports on beach closures and water testing results, including a user-friendly map, via the state parks' website, at ...
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, sometimes called a red tide in marine environments, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to ...
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 ...
Due to higher temperatures, and higher pH levels in the summer, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae begin to flourish and eventually form dense mats known as ‘blooms’ in late summer. [7] The blooms dissipate in autumn as the water temperature and pH drop again and the conditions are more favorable to akinete development.
The impact of harmful algae blooms on the environment have a substantial effect on marine life. For example, in August 2024 the growth of the toxic algae, Pseudo-nitzschia , along California coasts were making sea lions sick and aggressive to beach goers. [ 44 ]
Four of the City of Lake Geneva's beaches remain closed due to blue-green algae, a bloom that can produce toxins that can make humans and animals sick, or even cause them to die in some cases.
The blooms this week are likely a result of recent rainy weather that washed more polluted runoff into bodies of water, as well as hot, still weather that primed conditions for the algae to grow ...
Don't forget to check water quality reports before you head out. A total of 14 beaches are not recommended for swimming by Iowa DNR and one by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.