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What Environmental Factors Impact the Concentration of Microcystin in an Inland Reservoir?
Citation:
Varner, M., D. Dionysiou, AND Joel Allen. What Environmental Factors Impact the Concentration of Microcystin in an Inland Reservoir? Presented at WaterSmart Innovations 2016, Las Vegas, NV, October 05 - 07, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
Convey findings of relationships between several environmental factors and measured Microcystins concentrations in a mid-latitude reservoir to the WaterSmart Innovations Conference Attendees.
Description:
Cyanobacteria are naturally occurring phytoplankton in aquatic environments. Increased nutrient inputs and temperatures, among others, have been identified as contributing factors in the proliferation of harmful algal blooms (HABs). CyanoHABs potentially produce toxic compounds which threaten public health and the environment. Source water quality monitoring tools can provide temporally dense data sets for exploring relationships between CyanoHABs and environmental factors. The objective of this project is to investigate relationships between water quality parameters and microcystin concentration in a multiple-use reservoir with a history of cyanoHABs. Significant correlations will aid in predictive modeling of these potentially toxic algal blooms.
