Sentences with phrase «of algae blooms in»

Researchers at Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute are learning more about the impact invasive zebra mussels and native aquatic insect larvae have on the risk of algae blooms in two West Michigan lakes.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state must do more to fight the growing problem of algae blooms in upstate lakes.

Not exact matches

Confronted with explosive and deadly blooms of algae in Lake Erie, Johnson proposed polluting several small lakes in the Canadian shield to figure what was going on and why.

In the summer of 2010, an algae bloom forced the closure of a small swampy pond near the center of Mont Vernon, a storybook New Hampshire town of 2,400 people.

However, an analysis of monitoring data collected over the past 30 years indicates that there are increasing concentrations of blue - green algae in the Murray system and there has been an increase in the duration of individual algal blooms at upstream sites [1].

Harmful algal blooms are increasingly appearing due to the exposure of particular algae to the nitrogen in synthetic fertilizers, which enters waterways via farm runoff.

TICONDEROGA The recent North Country Algal Blooms Summit in Ticonderoga was part of a $ 65 million initiative to understand and prevent the growth of summer algae bBlooms Summit in Ticonderoga was part of a $ 65 million initiative to understand and prevent the growth of summer algae bloomsblooms.

The eighth annual Iron Girl Syracuse, held at Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton had to drop the swimming portion of the race after blue - green algae blooms were found in the water with traces of e.coli.

As we continue the strong efforts of the Governor's Water Quality Rapid Response Team, the work of the Finger Lakes Water Hub and the state's investments to study algae blooms will be valuable resources in helping New Yorkers understand and mitigate this emerging issue,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

Advocates for the Great Lakes are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week to push for continued funding of cleanup programs and discuss water quality issues such as algae blooms and oil transportation.

Cuomo said harmful algae blooms, or HABs, have a variety of causes, including agricultural production and wastewater plants, that have not been addressed in environmental regulations.

Runoff of phosphorus from sources like lawn fertilizer can end up contributing to algae blooms in water sources — accelerated growth that can make lakes and ponds hostile to marine life and treacherous for swimmers and other recreational users.

AUBURN, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation Wednesday notified Cayuga County that blue - green algae blooms were discovered last week in three Owasco Lake locations.

This month, he released his first book, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, an in - depth biography of the lakes — from the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to the current issues with harmful algae blooms and invasive species.

While the extra nitrogen is a rich resource for algae in the Gulf, driving the growth of massive algal blooms, excess nitrogen has a more deadly impact on other marine life.

Previously, many water managers in the region had believed that the algae blooms of the diatom Didymosphenia geminata — which resemble blobs of wet toilet paper or shag rugs — resulted from an invasive species problem starting in the mid-2000s that could be fixed by regular washing of fishing gear and other sanitation measures.

The blooming leads to a runaway effect: The more glaciers and snow fields thaw the more algae bloom which in turn results in a darkening of the surface which again accelerates melting.

There have been hints that there's more biological productivity in the Arctic Ocean than once suspected (perhaps helped along by climate change): In 2012, scientists reported seeing massive blooms of algae proliferating under the sea icin the Arctic Ocean than once suspected (perhaps helped along by climate change): In 2012, scientists reported seeing massive blooms of algae proliferating under the sea icIn 2012, scientists reported seeing massive blooms of algae proliferating under the sea ice.

It has been known for quite some time that red pigmented snow algae blooming on icy surfaces darken the surface which in turn leads to less albedo and a higher uptake of heat.

He runs through a laundry list of factors that could amplify virus - driven disease mortality: fisheries shifting food chains, global warming, marine pollutant — triggered toxic algae blooms, marine pollution in the form of chemical contaminants, and endocrine disruptors altering the host — pathogen balance.

The telling hot spot recently observed in the southeast was discovered when the Indian River Lagoon on Florida's Atlantic coast, known for its algae blooms and blankets of dead fish, became much saltier after 2011, and study lead author Arnoldo Valle - Levinson, professor of civil and coastal engineering sciences in UF's College of Engineering, began to investigate the situation.

The company has been at the forefront of research into the summer blooms of toxic algae in freshwater, and it has developed techniques for removing pesticides from drinking water.

Biologists have long known that toxins produced by algal blooms — exploding populations of minute, marine algae — can accumulate in shellfish that graze on them.

But they had lacked evidence that clearly linked sick animals to blooms, in part because the algae often vanish quickly, leaving little trace of their presence.

«The increasing frequency and intensity of these harmful algae blooms will impact our ability to achieve the ultimate goal of restoring a healthy ecosystem in the Bay and put a premium on effective methods to reduce nutrient pollution,» said Don Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been suffering from harmful algae blooms caused by excess nutrients running off of the land, due largely to a continually growing population in the Baltimore - Washington corridor and the development of animal and plant agriculture in its watershed.

Kerry further outlined the impacts of pollution from farm runoff, which causes algae blooms and dead zones in the oceans, the massive buildup of plastic waste, and illegal fishing.

According to the conventional wisdom in recent news accounts, the failure of a recent German - Indian expedition to grow and sink a massive algae bloom at sea is the death knell for a controversial method of reducing CO2 in the atmosphere.

BLOOMS of algae in lakes and seas, sometimes called red tides, can release neurotoxins into the food chain or suffocate the local ecology by sucking up too much oxygen.

Concentrations of algae in our oceans and lakes have long bloomed naturally, but climate change and fertilizer runoff from farms have exacerbated the situation in recent years.

In 1991, the IMO adopted guidelines which recommend that ships should avoid taking on ballast in shallow areas and during toxic blooms of marine algae; keep accurate records of where and when ballast is loaded; exchange ballast water at sea, where toxic organisms are rare; and discharge sediments into approved areas at the port of destination («End of the line for deadly stowaways», New Scientist, 24 October 1992In 1991, the IMO adopted guidelines which recommend that ships should avoid taking on ballast in shallow areas and during toxic blooms of marine algae; keep accurate records of where and when ballast is loaded; exchange ballast water at sea, where toxic organisms are rare; and discharge sediments into approved areas at the port of destination («End of the line for deadly stowaways», New Scientist, 24 October 1992in shallow areas and during toxic blooms of marine algae; keep accurate records of where and when ballast is loaded; exchange ballast water at sea, where toxic organisms are rare; and discharge sediments into approved areas at the port of destination («End of the line for deadly stowaways», New Scientist, 24 October 1992).

Schnetzer and colleagues created their own toxic algal bloom in the lab using P. australis algae, one of the most toxic Pseudo-nitzschia species and one that blooms along the U.S. West Coast.

This question correctly notes that there has been an increase in the occurrence of toxic and harmful algae blooms over the last several decades.

Upon mixing with the surface layer, the water will cause an increase in the growth of filamentous algae and elevate the risk of blue - green algal blooms.

These nutrients act like fertilizer, triggering blooms of algae, which, in turn, sometimes feed blooms of salps.

While several studies have predicted that toxic algae blooms may become more common in the future, this is one of the first studies to link the recent intensification of these events to ocean warming.

A newly published study published online in the April 24 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences entitled, «Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans,» demonstrates that one ocean consequence of climate change that has already occurred is the spread and intensification of toxic algae.

Their study demonstrates that since 1982, broad stretches of these ocean basins have warmed and become significantly more hospitable to these algae and that new «blooms» of these algae have become common in these same regions.

To measure the productivity of algae blooms, most researchers use satellite images that capture the distinctive green color of chlorophyll in open seas.

Iron encourages the bloom of tiny algae called phytoplankton, which take in carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in the ocean for photosynthesis; that process in turn draws atmospheric CO2 into the surface waters.

bloom (in microbiology) The rapid and largely uncontrolled growth of a species, such as algae in waterways enriched with nutrients.

Concentrations of N and P in surfaces waters are increasing, and records show temperatures continue to rise, leading to more frequent algae blooms.

Come September, Lake Erie might face a toxic algae bloom that could rival the record - setting spread of scum that happened in 2011.

The bloom of life for the algae is short lived, and their corpses sink to the depths below, where their decomposition gives rise to a burst in bacterial growth.

One, which the authors themselves note, is that the warming of the Arctic Ocean that is already happening could trap nutrients in deeper, cooler layers that would make them less available to feed algae blooms.

Blooms of algae in the Arctic Ocean could add a previously unsuspected warming feedback to the mix of factors driving temperatures in the north polar regions up faster than any other place on the planet, according to the authors of a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In theory, such zooplankton (ZO - plank - tin)-- tiny creatures that eat plant - like algae — could chow down on these toxic algae, reducing the size of a bloom.

Blooms of algae in the Arctic Ocean could add a previously unsuspected warming feedback to the mix of factors driving temperatures in the north polar regions up faster than any other place on the planet, according to the authors of a new study in

Regarding the possible role hydrogen sulfide in the major extinctions you might want to check out another book, one which places it in the context of the methane clathrate gun, the destruction of the coccolithophores which help to maintain an oxygenated atmosphere by ocean acidification, the role of algae blooms, etc...

The abundance of some zooplankton (i.e. microscopic crustaceans in the water that eat algae) was lower at higher salt concentrations, but not low enough to cause a bloom of algae.