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 …

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 …

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms: causes, consequences, and controls

HW Paerl, TG Otten - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest oxygenic photoautotrophs and have had major impacts
on sha** its biosphere. Their long evolutionary history (∼ 3.5 by) has enabled them to …

Harmful algal blooms in inland waters

L Feng, Y Wang, X Hou, B Qin, T Kuster, F Qu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Harmful algal blooms can produce toxins that pose threats to aquatic ecosystems and
human health. In this Review, we outline the global trends in harmful algal bloom …

Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

AM Michalak, EJ Anderson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In 2011, Lake Erie experienced the largest harmful algal bloom in its recorded history, with a
peak intensity over three times greater than any previously observed bloom. Here we show …

Climate change: links to global expansion of harmful cyanobacteria

HW Paerl, VJ Paul - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the Earth's oldest (∼ 3.5 bya) oxygen evolving organisms, and they have
had major impacts on sha** our modern-day biosphere. Conversely, biospheric …

Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in a world experiencing anthropogenic and climatic-induced change

HW Paerl, NS Hall, ES Calandrino - Science of the total environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Harmful (toxic, food web altering, hypoxia generating) cyanobacterial algal blooms
(CyanoHABs) are proliferating world-wide due to anthropogenic nutrient enrichment, and …

Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services

J Heino, J Alahuhta, LM Bini, Y Cai… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene presents formidable threats to freshwater ecosystems. Lakes are
especially vulnerable and important at the same time. They cover only a small area …

Eutrophication control of large shallow lakes in China

B Qin, Y Zhang, G Zhu, G Gao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Large shallow lake refers to a polymictic system that is often well mixed without stratification
during summer. Similar to a small and deep lake, a large and shallow lake has a high …