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Nutrient Management Plan Development Program
https://agcrops.osu.edu/NutrientManagementPlanDevelopmentProgram
project is targeted to the Western Lake Erie Watershed of Ohio working directly with two constituent ... individuals who farm in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The Nutrient Management Plan Writers are a team working ... to assist farmers in developing Nutrient Management Plans (NMP) in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) ...
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About Us
https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us
The initiative began in 2014 after a water quality crisis in Lake Erie due to harmful algal blooms ... affecting the lake. A sister effort, co-led by Ohio State and the University of Toledo, created ...
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Social Network Analysis of Lake Erie HABs Stakeholder Groups
quality collaborations a little easier by mapping connections between groups with a stake in the Lake Erie ... the social connections between important players in the Lake Erie watershed. Those connections will be ... such as harmful algal blooms. Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea Grant ...
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Reduce Nutrient Runoff
https://field2faucet.osu.edu/reduce-nutrient-runoff
Keeping Nutrients on the Land One of the biggest contributors to harmful algal blooms (HABs) in ... the best strategies to reduce phosphorus from farm fields to improve the overall health of Lake Erie ... quality collaborations a little easier by mapping connections between groups with a stake in the Lake Erie ...
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Geospatial Data Warehouse For Improved Agricultural Water Quality
Description Determining the cause of water quality issues in Lake Erie is a complicated business, with many ... prevent--harmful algal blooms. Full Project Information Read about the project at the Ohio Sea Grant website. ...
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Prevention Of Cyanobacterial Bloom Formation Using Cyanophages
for more than two days. Microcystins are a type of cyanobacteria produced by harmful algal blooms ... A naturally derived method to slow down the formation of harmful algal blooms and treat contaminated water. ... both lake water and water treatment plants. Ingesting water contaminated with microsystins can cause ...
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NW Ohio Producers Can Get Paid for Growing Perennial Forage
in the Western Lake Erie Basin Watershed. This is a great opportunity to improve soils and conserve ... secondly from annual payments through the program. Land owners in the Western Lake Erie Basin Watershed can ... district office. For details of this and other Western Lake Erie Basin Phosphorus Reduction Programs see ...
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Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812
economy, and recreation. For example, the HAB of 2014 in the Western Basin of Lake Erie resulted in ... many water resources from small streams and ponds to regional lakes, rivers, and Lake Erie. Harmful ... algal blooms (HABs) can have a significant impact on water quality, which effects human health, the ...
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Ohio State Making Strides in Working to Improve Water Quality
https://field2faucet.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-making-strides-working-improve-water-quality
algal blooms caused dangerous microcystin levels in Lake Erie and shut down Toledo’s water supply for ... water resources and promote harmful algal blooms. Major water quality problems have occurred in Lake ... Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other Ohio water resources in recent years. Within these aquatic ...
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Evaluation Of Cyanobacteria And Their Toxins In A Two-Staged Model Of Hepatocarcinogenesis
Illnesses caused by exposure to cyanobacterial toxins – which come from hazardous algal blooms in lakes ... Do algal blooms lead to cancer? Principal Investigator Christopher Weghorst, Ohio State University ... Description Research investigates the role of the algal toxin microcystin in the development of liver cancer ...