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 …

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 …

Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in a changing environment: Concepts, controversies, challenges

I Chorus, J Fastner, M Welker - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Concern is widely being published that the occurrence of toxic cyanobacteria is increasing
in consequence of climate change and eutrophication, substantially threatening human …

Nutrients and not temperature are the key drivers for cyanobacterial biomass in the Americas

S Bonilla, A Aguilera, L Aubriot, V Huszar, V Almanza… - Harmful Algae, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms imperil the use of freshwater around the globe and present
challenges for water management. Studies have suggested that blooms are trigged by high …

Cyanobacterial dominance and succession: Factors, mechanisms, predictions, and managements

Z Wang, S Akbar, Y Sun, L Gu, L Zhang, K Lyu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Eutrophication of natural water bodies worldwide has led to cyanobacteria becoming the
dominant species in phytoplankton communities, causing serious harm environmentally and …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on operation and performance of source water control strategies for cyanobacterial blooms: Part I-chemical control methods

FA Kibuye, A Zamyadi, EC Wert - Harmful Algae, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial blooms produce nuisance metabolites (eg, cyanotoxins and T&O
compounds) thereby posing water quality management issues for aquatic sources used for …

Vulnerable waters are essential to watershed resilience

CR Lane, IF Creed, HE Golden, SG Leibowitz… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Watershed resilience is the ability of a watershed to maintain its characteristic system state
while concurrently resisting, adapting to, and reorganizing after hydrological (for example …

Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms: strategies for control of nitrogen and phosphorus loads

DP Hamilton, N Salmaso, HW Paerl - Aquatic Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Harmful blooms of cyanobacteria (CyanoHABs) have increased globally and cyanotoxins
associated with some CyanoHAB species pose serious health risks for animals and …

Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals

TW Crowther, R Rappuoli, C Corinaldesi, R Danovaro… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protists, are essential to life
on Earth and the functioning of the biosphere. Here, we discuss the key roles of …

Management implications of long transients in ecological systems

TB Francis, KC Abbott, K Cuddington… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The underlying biological processes that govern many ecological systems can create very
long periods of transient dynamics. It is often difficult or impossible to distinguish this …