Reducing phosphorus to curb lake eutrophication is a success

DW Schindler, SR Carpenter, SC Chapra… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
As human populations increase and land-use intensifies, toxic and unsightly nuisance
blooms of algae are becoming larger and more frequent in freshwater lakes. In most cases …

Water quality prospective in Twenty First Century: Status of water quality in major river basins, contemporary strategies and impediments: A review

S Giri - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality improvement is one of the top priorities in the global agenda endorsed by
United Nation. In this review manuscript, a holistic view of water quality degradation such as …

It takes two to tango: when and where dual nutrient (N & P) reductions are needed to protect lakes and downstream ecosystems

HW Paerl, JT Scott, MJ McCarthy… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Preventing harmful algal blooms (HABs) is needed to protect lakes and downstream
ecosystems. Traditionally, reducing phosphorus (P) inputs was the prescribed solution for …

Mitigating cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems impacted by climate change and anthropogenic nutrients

HW Paerl, WS Gardner, KE Havens, AR Joyner… - Harmful Algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Mitigating the global expansion of cyanobacterial harmful blooms (CyanoHABs) is a major
challenge facing researchers and resource managers. A variety of traditional (eg, nutrient …

Health impacts from cyanobacteria harmful algae blooms: Implications for the North American Great Lakes

WW Carmichael, GL Boyer - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (cHABs) have significant socioeconomic and ecological
costs, which impact drinking water, fisheries, agriculture, tourism, real estate, water quality …

Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

SM Powers, TW Bruulsema, TP Burt, NI Chan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Global food production depends on phosphorus. Phosphorus is broadly applied as fertilizer,
but excess phosphorus contributes to eutrophication of surface water bodies and coastal …

The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia

SB Watson, C Miller, G Arhonditsis, GL Boyer… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Lake Erie supplies drinking water to more than 11 million consumers, processes millions of
gallons of wastewater, provides important species habitat and supports a substantial …

Increased soluble phosphorus loads to Lake Erie: Unintended consequences of conservation practices?

HP Jarvie, LT Johnson, AN Sharpley… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cumulative daily load time series show that the early 2000s marked a step‐change increase
in riverine soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) loads entering the Western Lake Erie Basin …

Landscape drivers of dynamic change in water quality of US rivers

EG Stets, LA Sprague, GP Oelsner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Water security is a top concern for social well-being, and dramatic changes in the availability
of freshwater have occurred as a result of human uses and landscape management …

Global solutions to regional problems: Collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A Lake Erie case study

GS Bullerjahn, RM McKay, TW Davis, DB Baker… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
In early August 2014, the municipality of Toledo, OH (USA) issued a 'do not drink'advisory on
their water supply directly affecting over 400,000 residential customers and hundreds of …