Mitigation of CyanoHABs Using Phoslock to Reduce Water Column Phosphorus and Nutrient Release from Sediment.

Cyanobacterial blooms can be stimulated by excessive phosphorus (P) input, especially when diazotrophs are the dominant species. A series of mesocosm experiments were conducted in a lake dominated by a cyanobacteria bloom to study the effects of Phoslock, a phosphorus adsorbent. The results showed that the addition of Phoslock lowered the soluble reactive phosphate (SRP) concentrations in water due to efficient adsorption and mitigated the blooms.

Temporal Stability of Escherichia coli Concentrations in Waters of Two Irrigation Ponds in Maryland.

Fecal contamination of water sources is an important water quality issue for agricultural irrigation ponds. concentrations are commonly used to evaluate recreational and irrigation water quality. We hypothesized that there may exist temporally stable spatial patterns of concentrations across ponds, meaning that some areas mostly have higher and other areas mostly lower than average concentrations of To test this hypothesis, we sampled two irrigation ponds in Maryland at nodes of spatial grids biweekly during the summer of 2016.

Employing a socio-ecological systems approach to engage harmful algal bloom stakeholders.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) pose substantial health risks to seafood consumers, drinking water supplies, and recreationalists with apparent increases associated with anthropogenic eutrophication of freshwaters and coastal areas. Attempts to intervene in these blooms can be met with reticence by citizens, non-governmental organizations, and officials, often due to local perceptions and beliefs. Hence, the social sciences have an important role to play in HAB research and mitigation.

Harmful algal blooms: causes, impacts and detection.

Blooms of autotrophic algae and some heterotrophic protists are increasingly frequent in coastal waters around the world and are collectively grouped as harmful algal blooms (HABs). Blooms of these organisms are attributed to two primary factors: natural processes such as circulation, upwelling relaxation, and river flow; and, anthropogenic loadings leading to eutrophication. Unfortunately, the latter is commonly assumed to be the primary cause of all blooms, which is not the case in many instances.