h1. 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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