Aerosol Emissions from Great Lakes Harmful Algal Blooms

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel W. May ◽  
Nicole E. Olson ◽  
Mark Panas ◽  
Jessica L. Axson ◽  
Peter S. Tirella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Aerosol Emissions

Airborne hyperspectral and satellite imaging of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes Region: Successes in sensing algal blooms

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lekki ◽  
Steve Ruberg ◽  
Caren Binding ◽  
Robert Anderson ◽  
Andrea Vander Woude
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Satellite Imaging

Bloom and bust: Historical trends of harmful algal blooms in Muskegon Lake, Michigan, a Great Lakes estuary

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine Lea Mancuso ◽  
Anthony D. Weinke ◽  
Ian P. Stone ◽  
Sarah E. Hamsher ◽  
M. Megan Woller-Skar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Historical Trends

scholarly journals Cyanobacterial Toxins of the Laurentian Great Lakes, their Toxicological Effects, and Numerical Limits in Drinking Water

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd R. Miller ◽  
Lucas J. Beversdorf ◽  
Chelsea A. Weirich ◽  
Sarah L. Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
N Fixation ◽  
Eutrophic Lakes ◽  
Toxicological Effects

Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous phototrophic bacteria that inhabit diverse environments across the planet. They dominate many eutrophic lakes impacted by excess nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) forming dense accumulations of biomass known as cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms or cyanoHABs. Their dominance in eutrophic lakes is attributed to a variety of unique adaptations including N and P concentrating mechanisms, N fixation, colony formation that inhibits predation, vertical movement via gas vesicles, and the production of toxic or otherwise bioactive molecules. While some of these molecules have been explored for their medicinal benefits, others are potent toxins harmful to humans, animals, and other wildlife known as cyanotoxins. In humans these cyanotoxins affect various tissues, including the liver, central and peripheral nervous system, kidneys, and reproductive organs among others. They induce acute effects at low doses in the parts-per-billion range and some are tumor promoters linked to chronic diseases such as liver and colorectal cancer. The occurrence of cyanoHABs and cyanotoxins in lakes presents challenges for maintaining safe recreational aquatic environments and the production of potable drinking water. CyanoHABs are a growing problem in the North American (Laurentian) Great Lakes basin. This review summarizes information on the occurrence of cyanoHABs in the Great Lakes, toxicological effects of cyanotoxins, and appropriate numerical limits on cyanotoxins in finished drinking water.

scholarly journals Determining remote sensing spatial resolution requirements for the monitoring of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lekki ◽  
Eric Deutsch ◽  
Mike Sayers ◽  
Karl Bosse ◽  
Robert Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Resolution Requirements

National coastal management challenges and needs

Shore & Beach ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Nicole Elko ◽  
Tiffany Roberts Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Management ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Extreme Event ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Beach Erosion ◽  
The U.S

In partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (USGS CMHRP) and the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP), the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has identified coastal stakeholders’ top coastal management challenges. Informed by two annual surveys, a multiple-choice online poll was conducted in 2019 to evaluate stakeholders’ most pressing problems and needs, including those they felt most ill-equipped to deal with in their day-to-day duties and which tools they most need to address these challenges. The survey also explored where users find technical information and what is missing. From these results, USGS CMHRP, USCRP, ASBPA, and other partners aim to identify research needs that will inform appropriate investments in useful science, tools, and resources to address today’s most pressing coastal challenges. The 15-question survey yielded 134 complete responses with an 80% completion rate from coastal stakeholders such as local community representatives and their industry consultants, state and federal agency representatives, and academics. Respondents from the East, Gulf, West, and Great Lakes coasts, as well as Alaska and Hawaii, were represented. Overall, the prioritized coastal management challenges identified by the survey were: Deteriorating ecosystems leading to reduced (environmental, recreational, economic, storm buffer) functionality, Increasing storminess due to climate change (i.e. more frequent and intense impacts), Coastal flooding, both Sea level rise and associated flooding (e.g. nuisance flooding, king tides), and Combined effects of rainfall and surge on urban flooding (i.e. episodic, short-term), Chronic beach erosion (i.e. high/increasing long-term erosion rates), and Coastal water quality, including harmful algal blooms (e.g. red tide, sargassum). A careful, systematic, and interdisciplinary approach should direct efforts to identify specific research needed to tackle these challenges. A notable shift in priorities from erosion to water-related challenges was recorded from respondents with organizations initially formed for beachfront management. In addition, affiliation-specific and regional responses varied, such as Floridians concern more with harmful algal blooms than any other human and ecosystem health related challenge. The most common need for additional coastal management tools and strategies related to adaptive coastal management to maintain community resilience and continuous storm barriers (dunes, structures), as the top long-term and extreme event needs, respectively. In response to questions about missing information that agencies can provide, respondents frequently mentioned up-to-date data on coastal systems and solutions to challenges as more important than additional tools.

scholarly journals Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends

Harmful Algae ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 101975
Author(s):  
Donald M. Anderson ◽  
Elizabeth Fensin ◽  
Christopher J. Gobler ◽  
Alicia E. Hoeglund ◽  
Katherine A. Hubbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
United States History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
States History
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