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 …

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms: biological traits, mechanisms, risks, and control strategies

L Song, Y Jia, B Qin, R Li… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) impact lakes, estuaries, and freshwater
reservoirs worldwide. The duration, severity, and spread of CyanoHABs have markedly …

Water depth underpins the relative roles and fates of nitrogen and phosphorus in lakes

B Qin, J Zhou, JJ Elser, WS Gardner… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Eutrophication mitigation is an ongoing priority for aquatic ecosystems. However, the current
eutrophication control strategies (phosphorus (P) and/or nitrogen (N)) are guided mainly by …

Contributions of external nutrient loading and internal cycling to cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in Lake Taihu, China: Implications for nutrient management

H Xu, MJ McCarthy, HW Paerl… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) are linked to increasing anthropogenic
nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) inputs. However, CyanoHABs in many large lakes continue …

Mitigating eutrophication and toxic cyanobacterial blooms in large lakes: The evolution of a dual nutrient (N and P) reduction paradigm

HW Paerl, KE Havens, H Xu, G Zhu, MJ McCarthy… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) are an increasingly common feature of
large, eutrophic lakes. Non-N 2-fixing CyanoHABs (eg, Microcystis) appear to be …

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 …

The role of phosphorus and nitrogen on chlorophyll a: Evidence from hundreds of lakes

Z Liang, PA Soranno, T Wagner - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of nutrients on phytoplankton biomass in lakes continues to be a subject of debate
by aquatic scientists. However, determining whether or not chlorophyll a (CHL) is limited by …

Mitigating the global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms: Moving targets in a human-and climatically-altered world

HW Paerl, MA Barnard - Harmful Algae, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) are a major threat to human and
environmental health. As global proliferation of CyanoHABs continues to increase in …

Sudden eutrophication of an aluminum sulphate treated lake due to abrupt increase of internal phosphorus loading after three decades of mesotrophy

T Dadi, M Schultze, X Kong, M Seewald, K Rinke… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminum salts are widely used to immobilize phosphorus (P) in lakes suffering from internal
loading. However, longevity of treatments varies among lakes; some lakes eutrophy faster …

Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context

CW Chang, T Miki, H Ye, S Souissi, R Adrian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Untangling causal links and feedbacks among biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and
environmental factors is challenging due to their complex and context-dependent …