Water Luncheon Seminar

Harmful Algal Bloom Research at Stone Lab: Monitoring Blooms and Determining Drivers of Toxin Production, 

This presentation will highlight several ongoing research projects at Stone Lab (Ohio State  University and Ohio Sea Grant) aimed at monitoring blooms in Lake Erie and determining drivers of bloom formation and toxin production. Many data buoys have been deployed in the western  basin to detect cyanobacteria, which are supposed to give water treatment plant operators an  early warming of blooms. However, buoys record data from the surface while water treatment plants draw in bottom water and one project is aimed at determining the accuracy of buoys at monitoring blooms and if other environmental factors such as wind aid the water plant operators’ interpretation of buoy data. Several charter boat captains collect water samples for Stone Lab each week and data is returned to the captains the following week…..

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