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Workshop to Spotlight Whole-system Solutions to Nutrient Runoff, Water Issues
phosphorus, for example, is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. In ... August, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. CFAES is ... River watershed, Lake Erie’s largest tributary. The studies are testing possible new practices. Breakout ...
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Researchers: Toledo Water Crisis Impacted Perceptions of Lake Erie Algae Causes
Toledo municipal water supply due to the presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, the source of the ... survey participants include, “What do you think is causing the increase in algal blooms in Lake Erie over ... risk algal blooms in Lake Erie pose to human health, the Ohio economy and their family, and to rate ...
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Ohio State University Researchers Working with Farmers to Protect Ohio Water Quality, Lessen Algal Blooms
Tracy Turner COLUMBUS, Ohio – With harmful algal bloom forecast to increase this summer in western ... Lake Erie, experts with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ... been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, occur ...
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Gypsum Spread on Farms Could Help Keep Water Clean, Not Green
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/gypsum-spread-farms-could-help-keep-water-clean-not-green
A harmful algal bloom covers parts of western Lake Erie in a satellite photo taken Aug. 1. Toledo, located ... soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other ... lakes in recent years. In August, for instance, a toxic bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day ...
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Ohio State Report Evaluates Options for Reducing Lake Erie’s Harmful Algal Blooms
algal blooms in Lake Erie. In 2012, the United States and Canada set the goal of reducing phosphorus ... harmful algal bloom problem in Lake Erie. Ohio’s Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI) is ... the most effective approaches to combat algal blooms. Just as your local news uses models to forecast ...
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Nutrient Management Field Days Set for Northwest, Western Ohio
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/nutrient-management-field-days-set-for-northwest-western-ohio
phosphorus. In recent years, such blooms have plagued western Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other bodies ... costs, raise profits and limit water quality threats such as harmful algal blooms. OSU Extension is the ... that affect water quality.” Harmful algal blooms, for instance, are partly caused by the runoff of ...
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Report Shows How to Say Goodbye to Harmful Algal Blooms
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/report-shows-how-say-goodbye-harmful-algal-blooms
Suzanne Steel COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harmful algal blooms dangerous to human health and the Lake Erie ... Lake Erie Basin, where most of the dangerous algal blooms occur. Information from the study could ... that a drop of this magnitude would keep algal blooms at safe levels for people and the lake. “With ...
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Western Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/western-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day
have plagued western Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other bodies of water. In South Charleston ... quality threats such as harmful algal blooms. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the College of Food, ... algal blooms, for instance, are partly caused by the runoff of phosphorus. In recent years, such blooms ...
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Do algae affect what fish see? Science angles for answers
Erie’s fisheries, especially its sport fishery, adapt to algal blooms that reduce underwater visibility, ... some way by changes to the visual environment that happen with the algal blooms in the late summer and ... are in SENR. There’s a citizen science component to the research, too, based on Lake Erie charter ...
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Northwest Nutrient Management and Placement Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/northwest-nutrient-management-and-placement-field-day
have plagued western Lake Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other bodies of water. In Custar July 28 The ... quality threats such as harmful algal blooms. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the College of Food, ... algal blooms, for instance, are partly caused by the runoff of phosphorus. In recent years, such blooms ...