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Overview of HABs Research Program
Citation:
Dugan, N. AND B. Schaeffer. Overview of HABs Research Program. National Institute of Water Resource Directors, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, May 29, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
This presentation is an overview of the cyanobacteria/harmful algal blooms research currently being performed within the Office of Research and Development's Safe and Sustainable Water Resources research program. The presentation has been assembled for an online meeting of the National Institute of Water Resources Directors.
Description:
This presentation is an overview of the cyanobacteria/harmful algal blooms research currently being performed within the Office of Research and Development's Safe and Sustainable Water Resources research program. The presentation highlights results in the following areas: lake monitoring for cyanobacteria toxins, remote sensing of cyanobacterial blooms, removal of toxins by activated carbon, health effects of microcystin congeners, validation studies of rapid PCR tests for toxin producing cyanobacteria, and analytical methods for toxin analysis in fish tissues.