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  1. Understanding Environmental Behaviors: A Modification of Value-Belief-Norm theory Applied to Nutrient Management Decisions in the Maumee Watershed

    https://senr.osu.edu/about-us/events/understanding-environmental-behaviors-modification-value-belief-norm-theory-applied

    readily available, Lake Erie has suffered repeated algal blooms with serious consequences for human and ... non-human life. In 2011 Lake Erie experienced the largest harmful algal bloom in its recorded history, and, ... ecological crisis as visible as Lake Erie’s algal blooms, farmers continue to apply these fertilizers without ...

  2. Oct. 14: How to Stop Algal Blooms, Keep Drinking Water Safe

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/oct-14-how-stop-algal-blooms-keep-drinking-water-safe

    farmland is a cause of the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other lakes. In August, toxins from ... a bloom in western Lake Erie led to a two-day drinking water ban in Toledo. The event’s first panel will ... Nature Conservancy’s Western Lake Erie Basin Project. President Obama honored Vollmer-Sanders in March ...

  3. Seeing (and using) the good in manure and keeping our water clean, too

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2015/seeing-and-using-good-manure-and-keeping

    toxins from a western Lake Erie algal bloom caused a two-day water use ban in Toledo. Experts think such ... algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other water bodies. The issue made headlines in summer 2014 when ... manure while minimizing the risk of them entering lakes and streams. Co-hosted by OARDC, it was for ...

  4. ​Scientists seek diagnostic tool for harmful algal blooms

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/%E2%80%8Bscientists-seek-diagnostic-tool-harmful-algal-blooms

    harmful algal blooms in Ohio has focused on the Lake Erie watershed. With this project, Sullivan and his ... – Harmful algal blooms in rivers and streams are neither well-understood nor easily predicted, and ... major problems relative to nutrient enrichment and harmful algal blooms,” said  Mažeika Sullivan, the ...

  5. Current estimates of Lake Erie algae toxicity may miss the mark

    https://senr.osu.edu/news/current-estimates-lake-erie-algae-toxicity-may-miss-mark

    the main type of cyanobacteria that compose the annual harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Lake Erie ... designed to develop a more accurate harmful algal bloom toxicity forecast for Lake Erie.  The toxicity ... Read more >> Stone Lab Harmful Algal Bloom Ohio State News OSU Research ...

  6. ‘Toledo was a wakeup call’: Dean announces new water quality initiative

    https://oardc.osu.edu/newsletter/oardc-report-newsletter/november-december-2014/%E2%80%98toledo-was-wakeup-call%E2%80%99-dean-announces

    systems In early August, toxins produced by a harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie caused a two-day ... runoff from farms is a cause of such blooms, which have plagued Lake Erie and other lakes in recent ... drinking water ban in Toledo. Toledo draws its drinking water from the lake. Experts say soluble phosphorus ...

  7. On-Field Ohio: Rewriting Ohio’s Phosphorus Risk Index to Keep Nutrients and Water on Fields

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/field-ohio-rewriting-ohio%E2%80%99s-phosphorus-risk-index-keep-nutrients-and-water-fields

    Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds, the latter two being the most problematic watersheds, she ... St. Marys and the Western Lake Erie Basin, which are the two most problematic watersheds in heavy ... in the degradation of Ohio fresh surface water and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms ...

  8. What Are Harmful Algal Blooms?

    https://field2faucet.osu.edu/about-us/what-are-harmful-algal-blooms

    reducing phosphorus supply will limit algal blooms. How does phosphorus get into the water? In inland lakes ... Lake Erie’s western basin routinely monitor the water they bring in for human use, so affected areas ... Frequently Asked Questions General Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS) What is a harmful algal bloom ...

  9. Freshwater Science- Phosphorus Cycling in Agricultural Streams in the Maumee River Watershed

    https://senr.osu.edu/events/freshwater-science-phosphorus-cycling-agricultural-streams-maumee-river-watershed

    western Lake Erie. However, there is limited information about the role of rivers in shaping phosphorus ... Phosphorus from the Maumee River watershed is the primary driver of harmful algal bloom size in ... loading to the lake. Phosphorous management efforts in the Lake Erie watershed could be hindered if the ...

  10. Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff

    https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/revised-phosphorus-index-can-help-curb-agricultural-runoff

    a severe bloom in western Lake Erie shut down Toledo’s drinking water supply for two days. The On-Field ... algal blooms, experts say. The revised phosphorus risk index can help Ohio farmers better work toward ... meeting the 40 percent phosphorus reduction target in the Western Lake Erie Basin, said Dayton, a soil ...

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