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Changes Made to Rules on Applying Fertilizer
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/changes-made-rules-applying-fertilizer
of 2017 algal blooms in Lake Erie was the fourth most severe in a century, according to a November ... certified, a measure aimed at keeping nutrients from farm fields from contributing to algal blooms in Lake ... Erie and other bodies of water. Phosphorus and nitrogen in fertilizer can trigger the growth of algal ...
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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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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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Precision University: Nutrient Technology
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/precision-university-nutrient-technology
that prevents it from running off the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The ... phosphorous and nitrogen in the soil and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms ... in Lake Erie and beyond. “We’re trying to bring attention to a relevant topic,” said Kaylee Port, ...
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Precision University: Nutrient Technology
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/precision-university-nutrient-technology
and away from bodies of water, potentially contributing to algal blooms in Lake Erie and beyond. ... the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways. The conference is being hosted by Ohio State ... become even better stewards of the land and water,” she said. Precision University will feature experts ...
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A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index
. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...
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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 ...
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Rain, Rain, Will It Ever Go Away?
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/rain-rain-will-it-ever-go-away
fields and for the water quality of Lake Erie that’s affected by pollution sources including rain running ... Erie, which many municipalities rely on for their drinking water. In the summer of 2017, Lake Erie ... ’s algal bloom level was classified as severe. “I think that’s why farmers are working really hard on ...
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Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results
Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project has collected ... in the degradation of Ohio surface water and contributes to harmful algal blooms. “Our intention is ...