What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms occur when microalgal ...

Algal blooms may occur in freshwater as well as marine environments. ... Algal blooms composed of phytoplankters known to naturally produce biotoxins are often called Harmful Algal Blooms, or HABs.

The microorganisms known as blue-green algae aren’t actually algae at all. They are cyanobacteria, bacterial cells that get their energy from photosynthesis.. Toxic blooms in freshwater lakes ...

Understanding freshwater toxic algal blooms Date: February 28, 2018 Source: North Carolina State University Summary: Using two different measurement methods, researchers have conducted a two-year ...

Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms. Blooms can be foul-smelling and may appear as discolored water, scum, foam, or mats of algae-like growth on the surface of freshwaters.

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County has issued a health alert for harmful blue-green algae toxins in Lake ...

Lakes across the world have seen an increase in algal blooms that strangle freshwater ecosystems, according to an analysis of satellite images from 1982 to 2019. By Chen Ly.

Toxic algae can be harmful to pets and people, especially those who are elderly, immunocompromised or have underlying health ...

The first freshwater blue-green algae bloom in Lake Okeechobee was reported in 1986, when it suddenly covered more than 100 square miles of the lake’s surface, leading to a New York Times ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging pet owners to exercise caution around freshwater bodies this ...

An estimate by Walter Dodds of Kansas State University conservatively puts the annual cost of freshwater algal blooms at more than $1 billion from lost recreation and depressed property values.

Researchers from the HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research have developed a novel three-dimensional modeling method that ...