Posts in category: Algal Bloom Action Team

Apr 6, 2022 11:00 AM in Central Time (US and Canada)

Join the Algal Bloom Action Team as we kick off our 2022 Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar Series! This month we examine how climate change is impacting marine and freshwater ecosystems with Dr. Christopher Gobler from Stony Brook University and learn about the history and current harmful algal bloom projects at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

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The Algal Bloom Action Team is hosting a webinar series as a follow-up to January’s virtual symposium highlighting the latest HAB research. Webinar’s will be held bimonthly with the first webinar taking place in early March. Presentations will last approximately 25 minutes with time for discussion at the conclusion of the session. This event is hosted by the North Central Region Water Network and recordings can be found by visiting their YouTube channel.

January 6-7, 2022, the Algal Bloom Action Team hosted a free Virtual Harmful Algal Bloom Research Symposium.  Last year’s event brought together over 890 educators and researchers from across the US to hear the latest HAB research and discussed ongoing outreach efforts.

This year’s  symposium featured emergent harmful algal bloom (HAB) research and provided a venue for moderated discussions regarding HAB research, outreach, and how information dissemination can be improved.

Symposium Presentations

• Session 1:  HAB Monitoring and Ecology – View the Recording
  • The Evolving Story of Cyanobacterial Blooms Along Lake Superior’s South Shore
  • Proactive Monitoring – HABs, T&O, and Cyanotoxins
  • The Interaction of Hydrological and Anthropogenic Processes Controls the
    Relationship between Streamflow Discharge and Nitrogen Concentration
• Session 2:  Cyanotoxin Treatment and Detection – View the Recording
  • Photocatalytic Degradation of Cyanotoxins by Bismuth Tungstate
  • Efficient HAB Mitigation by Magnetic Visible-light Driven Photocatalysts
  • Forecasting Cyanobacterial HABs in Iowa Lakes using a Random Forest Model
  • Mircocystin Thresholds and Bioassay Response at a Recreational Impoundment
• Session 3:  Forecasting and Modeling HABs – View the Recording
  • Large Scale Season-Ahead Forecasting of Algae Abundance in Inland Lakes
  • The Effect of Local Physical Lake Conditions on the Vertical Heterogeneity of
    Cyanobacteria and Microcystin in Stratified Eutrophic Lakes
  • Utilizing High-Frequency Water Quality Observations to Understand Physical Mixing Controls of CyanoHABs in Inland Discontinuous Polymictic Aquatic Systems
  • Spatio-temporal Characterization of a Complete Algal Bloom Event using
    Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Tandem with Conventional Physio-Chemical Methods
• Session 4:  Emerging Technology for Detecting and Monitoring HABs – View the Recording
  • Real-Time HAB Monitoring via Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Digital Microscopy
  • Harmful Algal Bloom and Nutrient Monitoring and Modeling Using Unmanned
    Systems
  • Rapid Testing Technique for Microcystin and Cylindrospermopsin
  • Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the Great Lakes

This event has passed. You can view all information regarding the symposium at the link below.

SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION

The Algal Bloom Action Team has recently published a new fact sheet on Prevention and Treatment of Harmful Algal Blooms for Landowners! You can view the newly released fact sheet here.