Cyanobacterial blooms

J Huisman, GA Codd, HW Paerl, BW Ibelings… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Cyanobacteria can form dense and sometimes toxic blooms in freshwater and marine
environments, which threaten ecosystem functioning and degrade water quality for …

Structural diversity, characterization and toxicology of microcystins

N Bouaïcha, CO Miles, DG Beach, Z Labidi, A Djabri… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatotoxic microcystins (MCs) are the most widespread class of cyanotoxins and the one
that has most often been implicated in cyanobacterial toxicosis. One of the main challenges …

Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic

FL Hellweger, RM Martin, F Eigemann, DJ Smith… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Harmful cyanobacteria are a global environmental problem, yet we lack actionable
understanding of toxigenic versus nontoxigenic strain ecology and toxin production. We …

[HTML][HTML] Harmful algal blooms: A climate change co-stressor in marine and freshwater ecosystems

AW Griffith, CJ Gobler - Harmful Algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine and freshwater ecosystems are warming, acidifying, and deoxygenating as a
consequence of climate change. In parallel, the impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) on …

[HTML][HTML] Harmful algae at the complex nexus of eutrophication and climate change

PM Glibert - Harmful algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate projections suggest–with substantial certainty–that global warming> 1.5° C will
occur by mid-century (2050). Population is also projected to increase, amplifying the …

A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

MJ Harke, MM Steffen, CJ Gobler, TG Otten… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the present state of knowledge regarding the toxic, bloom-forming
cyanobacterium, Microcystis, with a specific focus on its geographic distribution, toxins …

Eutrophication, harmful algae and biodiversity—Challenging paradigms in a world of complex nutrient changes

PM Glibert - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
Eutrophication is a complex process and often associated with not only a change in overall
algal biomass but also with a change in biodiversity. Common metrics of eutrophication (eg …

Harmful cyanobacteria-diatom/dinoflagellate blooms and their cyanotoxins in freshwaters: A nonnegligible chronic health and ecological hazard

Y Zhang, JK Whalen, C Cai, K Shan, H Zhou - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Human and ecological health depends on the vitality of freshwater systems, but these are
increasingly threatened by cyanotoxins released from harmful algal blooms (HABs). Periodic …

Pluses and minuses of ammonium and nitrate uptake and assimilation by phytoplankton and implications for productivity and community composition, with emphasis …

PM Glibert, FP Wilkerson, RC Dugdale… - Limnology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities are altering total nutrient loads to many estuaries and freshwaters,
resulting in high loads not only of total nitrogen (N), but in some cases, of chemically …

How rising CO2 and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms

PM Visser, JMH Verspagen, G Sandrini, LJ Stal… - Harmful algae, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate change is likely to stimulate the development of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in
eutrophic waters, with negative consequences for water quality of many lakes, reservoirs …