Seasonal Dynamics in Dissolved Organic Matter, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie

Long-term and seasonal trend decomposition of Maumee River nutrient inputs to western Lake Erie.

Cyanobacterial blooms in western Lake Erie have recently garnered widespread attention. Current evidence indicates that a major source of the nutrients that fuel these blooms is the Maumee River. We applied a seasonal trend decomposition technique to examine long-term and seasonal changes in Maumee River discharge and nutrient concentrations and loads. Our results indicate similar long-term inc...

Interannual Variability of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie

After a 20-year absence, severe cyanobacterial blooms have returned to Lake Erie in the last decade, in spite of negligible change in the annual load of total phosphorus (TP). Medium-spectral Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) imagery was used to quantify intensity of the cyanobacterial bloom for each year from 2002 to 2011. The blooms peaked in August or later, yet correlate to discharge ...

Corrigendum: Seasonal Dynamics in Dissolved Organic Matter, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie

“Concentrations of H2O2 in Lake Erie ranged from 2± 24 nM to 1140± 240 nM (average of 162± 11 nM; n= 221). Materials and Methods, Section 2.6 H2O2 Concentrations, Paragraph Number 1: Results, Section 3.4 H2O2 Concentrations in Lake Erie, Paragraph Number 1: Hydrogen peroxide concentrations in the surface waters of Lake Erie varied by over an order of magnitude during the study period, from 2 ± ...

Agricultural Runoff, Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie and Public Health: A Knowledge Synthesis

Cyanobacterial bloom management through integrated monitoring and forecasting in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu (China).

The large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu in China has long suffered from eutrophication and toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Despite considerable efforts to divert effluents from the watershed, the cyanobacterial blooms still reoccur and persist throughout summer. To mitigate cyanobacterial bloom pollution risk, a large scale integrated monitoring and forecasting system was developed, and a series of...