For communities living around the lake, the situation is especially troubling. Scientists sound alarm over phenomenon taking ...

Previous studies have indicated that the bloom-forming cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. overwinters near the sediment surface and does not actively grow below 15°C. However, satellite images and field ...

Commonly known as red tides, brown tides and green tides, blue-green algae or cyanobacteria, like Microcystis, are considered harmful algal blooms and can have severe impacts on human health ...

“Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River and many waters in Calusa Waterkeeper’s work area have experienced microcystis blooms of increasing scope and severity,” said Codty Pierce, Calusa ...

Microcystins have been characterized from planktonic Anabaena, Microcystis, Oscillatoria (Planktothrix ... About 60 structural variants of microcystins have been characterized so far from bloom ...

When P enrichment was ≥ 0.20 mg P L⁻¹ and N enrichment ≥ 0.80 mg N L⁻¹, growth of the toxin-producing, dominant bloom-forming cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. was not nutrient limited. This study ...