Lake Erie Toxic Algae Bloom Info - June 2015

About a dozen charter boat captains scoop up Lake Erie water samples once a week for analysis at Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory.

Planktothrix, a microcystin-producing cousin, began growing in Lake Erie’s Sandusky Bay a few weeks ago, which is not unusual. The warmth and shallowness of water there promotes growth of planktothrix from May through October.

On Mon, Jun 15,2015, a Lake Erie charter boat operator spotted an algae bloom, about 3.5 miles northeast of the Toledo water intake. The concentration of microcystis is so low right now that scientists don’t even know if it’s producing the toxin microcystin yet. There’s no sign of it at Toledo’s water intake or the city’s Collins Park Water Treatment Plant.

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http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/06/18/Lake-Erie-microcystis-found-in-low-levels.html

http://www.wspd.com/articles/local-news-toledo-315557/less-severe-algal-blooms-expected-13681981/

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