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'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality
With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts ... have been an issue in Lake Erie since the 1960s. The blooms, which are harmful to wildlife and humans, ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in July predicted that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful ...
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What Will We Find in Lake Erie This Summer?
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-will-we-find-in-lake-erie-summer
seasonal harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecast for the Great Lakes. Led by regional and national experts, the ... the history of this work on Lake Erie. An afternoon webinar will allow the public to participate ... at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie. Media members should contact Ohio Sea Grant's Jill Jentes Banicki at ...
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Harmful Algal Blooms Impacting Landowner Ponds and Small Lakes
July 26, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Harmful algal blooms, like those affecting Grand Lake St. Marys, ... harmful algal blooms in landowner ponds and lakes as we are seeing in Grand Lake St. Marys," said ... and children away from ponds or lakes suspected of being contaminated with harmful algal blooms. Scum ...
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New lab to help fight the (algae-fueled) battle of Lake Erie
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/new-lab-help-fight-the-algae-fueled-battle-lake-erie
harmful algal bloom problem is not gone, and reducing phosphorus loading is as important as ever, so being ... and to harmful algal blooms, or HABs, which can threaten the health of people and animals. ... coordinator and the lab's primary technician. "Research in the new lab will address Lake Erie ...
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New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change
drains into the western basin of Lake Erie, where harmful algal blooms are common during the summer ... examine how people’s actions in the watershed affect water quality in Lake Erie. Researchers from six ... impact water quality in Lake Erie, how public perception of the health of the lake may influence those ...
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Farmer Views on Nutrient Loss, Water Quality to Be Discussed at Farm Science Review
Natural Systems Program Grant No. 1114934. A related presentation, “Harmful algal blooms (HABs) — What ... Lake Erie are engaged in best management practices and generally concerned about nutrient loss, said ... who contribute to and are most impacted by environmental issues. The Western Basin of Lake Erie has ...
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A better tool in the toolbox: New project will bolster Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index
Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in tourism due to harmful algae blooms ... . And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie's surface area, the largest in ... the lake's history. Phosphorus is the pollutant most often implicated in the degradation of ...
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Ohio State Researcher to Re-write Ohio’s Phosphorus Index to Improve Water Quality
tourism due to harmful algae blooms. And in 2011, algae blooms covered 990 square miles of Lake Erie ... Grand Lake St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, two of Ohio’s most problematic watersheds. ... November 6, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Grand Lake St. Marys has lost an estimated $60-80 million in ...
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Specialist hopes to demystify algal blooms during Farm Science Review session
September 4, 2012 LONDON, Ohio — Potentially harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have become more ... HAB poisoning, during a session titled “Harmful algal blooms,” held Sept. 18 from 2-3 p.m. during the ... prevalent throughout Ohio in recent years. These blooms on public waters have drawn much attention in the ...
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Nutrient Management Key to Reducing Dissolved Phosphorus in Lake Erie
phosphorus going into Lake Erie over the past 50 years, but must reevaluate nutrient management practices to ... lake.” Thirty years ago, farmers in the watershed of Lake Erie's western basin were challenged to ... of the lakes affected. “Dissolved phosphorous is an algal-available nutrient in the water leading to ...