Nutrients, eutrophication and harmful algal blooms along the freshwater to marine continuum

WA Wurtsbaugh, HW Paerl… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural, urban and industrial activities have dramatically increased aquatic nitrogen and
phosphorus pollution (eutrophication), threatening water quality and biotic integrity from …

Tropical cyanobacterial blooms: a review of prevalence, problem taxa, toxins and influencing environmental factors

MAD Mowe, SM Mitrovic, RP Lim, A Furey… - Journal of …, 2015 - opus.lib.uts.edu.au
© 2015, Page Press Publications. All rights reserved. Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a
major issue in freshwater systems in many countries. The potentially toxic species and their …

Deciphering the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, and temperature on cyanobacterial bloom intensification, diversity, and toxicity in western Lake Erie

J Jankowiak, T Hattenrath‐Lehmann… - Limnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) are promoted by nutrient loading
and elevated temperatures, the effects of these processes on bloom diversity are unclear …

Microcystins risk assessment in lakes from space: Implications for SDG 6.1 evaluation

M Shen, Z Cao, L Xie, Y Zhao, T Qi, K Song, L Lyu… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms release a large number of algal toxins (eg, Microcystins, MCs) and
seriously threaten the safety of drinking water sources what the SDG 6.1 pursues (to provide …

Status, causes and controls of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie

MM Steffen, BS Belisle, SB Watson, GL Boyer… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes are among the most prominent sources of fresh water
in the world. Lake Erie's infamous cyanobacterial blooms have, however, threatened the …

Eutrophication and warming boost cyanobacterial biomass and microcystins

M Lürling, F Van Oosterhout, E Faassen - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Eutrophication and warming are key drivers of cyanobacterial blooms, but their combined
effects on microcystin (MC) concentrations are less studied. We tested the hypothesis that …

A review of the socioecological causes and consequences of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Victoria

M Olokotum, V Mitroi, M Troussellier, R Semyalo… - Harmful algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Africa is experiencing high annual population growth in its major river basins. This growth
has resulted in significant land use change and pollution pressures on the freshwater …

Heterogeneous bacterial communities affected by phytoplankton community turnover and microcystins in plateau lakes of Southwestern China

Q Liu, H Zhang, Y Zhang, D Li, Y Gao, H Li… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Both phytoplankton and bacteria are fundamental organisms with key ecological functions in
lake ecosystems. However, the mechanistic interactions through which phytoplankton …

Biological nitrogen fixation prevents the response of a eutrophic lake to reduced loading of nitrogen: evidence from a 46-year whole-lake experiment

SN Higgins, MJ Paterson, RE Hecky, DW Schindler… - Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
A whole-ecosystem experiment in Lake 227 (L227) at the Experimental Lakes Area, ongoing
since 1969, examined the roles of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in …

The Dynamics of Microcystis Genotypes and Microcystin Production and Associations with Environmental Factors during Blooms in Lake Chaohu, China

L Yu, F Kong, M Zhang, Z Yang, X Shi, M Du - Toxins, 2014 - mdpi.com
Lake Chaohu, which is a large, shallow, hypertrophic freshwater lake in southeastern China,
has been experiencing lake-wide toxic Microcystis blooms in recent decades. To illuminate …