Posts for tag "harmful algal blooms"
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms in Green Bay’s Fox River
Green Bay, Wisconsin, has long faced water quality concerns, dating back decades to when the region was industrialized and waste was frequently flowing into the Fox River, a tributary of the bay. Nutrient loads from development and...
- Posted October 13, 2025
Researching Lake Erie’s Water Quality and Fisheries at the Fairport Harbor Research Unit
Lake Erie is well known for its sport fish populations and recreation on the water. However, the lake is also notorious for occasionally suffering from poor water quality conditions, such as harmful algal blooms and nutrient runoff....
- Posted October 8, 2025
Measuring Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins Using Real-Time Data Buoys in the Great Lakes
While harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a significant issue in the Great Lakes that have been monitored using real-time data buoys, there is still no automated method for measuring the toxins produced by these blooms. Todd Miller,...
- Posted September 1, 2025
From Hurricanes to Florida’s Red Tides: Monitoring the Southwest Gulf Coast
Nearly every year, southwest Florida is blighted by harmful Karenia brevis blooms–known colloquially as Florida red tides. These harmful algal blooms (HABs) form over the West Florida shelf and are pushed shorewards by winds and currents. Once...
- Posted June 25, 2025
Stone Lab: Cyanobacteria Monitoring in Ohio Lakes
Microcystin, one of several toxins produced by the cyanobacteria that form harmful algal blooms (HABs), has become a popular topic of lake research as the human health impacts of HABs become better understood. Stone Lab is one...
- Posted July 22, 2024
Climate Change and Microplastics: Monitoring Lake Champlain
Most people go to Lake Champlain for its exceptional views and thrilling boating, but it’s also home to a wide variety of interesting aquatic research projects. From studying microplastics to thermal dynamics of the lake, Timothy Mihuc,...
- Posted June 24, 2024
Combating Water Insecurity in Saskatchewan with Real-Time Data
The prairies of Saskatchewan can be described as one of the least water-secure parts of Canada, making water quality monitoring essential for informed resource management in a region already facing water insecurity. While natural physical properties worsen...
- Posted April 15, 2024
Combining Academia and Lake Associations: Monitoring Lake Lillinonah
Lake Lillinonah may be Connecticut’s second-largest lake, but it holds a great deal of meaning for locals and researchers in the surrounding towns. The lake is so significant to the surrounding community that it is one of...
- Posted March 4, 2024
Thin Ice: Year-Long Monitoring in Missouri Reservoirs
The value of multi-lake studies is well understood by international organizations like the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) and the scientists who work tirelessly to provide data to the larger network. Rebecca North, an associate professor...
- Posted February 26, 2024
Before and After Harmful Algal Blooms: Long-Term Monitoring and Modeling in Otsego Lake
Throughout the years, harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Laurentian Great Lakes have been meticulously documented and closely studied due to their annual appearance across the basin. While these blooms have become a recurrent issue in the...
- Posted August 28, 2023
Data in Action: Heidelberg’s Nutrient Monitoring in Great Lakes Tributaries
In the early hours of the morning, when most people have yet to hit snooze for the first time, water sampling sites across Ohio are awake and actively collecting nutrient data. The samplers are active at noon,...
- Posted August 7, 2023
Treating Harmful Algal Blooms: A Natural Progression
Researchers continue to perfect approaches to forecasting, assessing the impact, and preventing Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB).
- Posted September 19, 2022
Mobile HAB Lab, Citizen Scientists Building Awareness
The Mobile HAB Lab project is taking awareness about Microcystin to the public in Pennsylvania to help keep people and pets safe.
- Posted October 23, 2019
Buoy Monitoring for Red Tide, Students Watching Sea Level Rise
Florida International University is deploying a data buoy to monitor for red tide, and educating citizen scientists on sea level rise.
- Posted March 27, 2019
