Organism ID
- What to note about water
- Presence of scums (yellow, green, blue-green, bubbly)
- Colonies/filaments are easily visible in the water (or against a light background) with the nake eye.
- Frothy appearence to near shore areas
- If not scums, an olive color to the water
- Presence of dead fish or mussels
- Lack of larger zooplankton in tows
- Image contributed by Jennifer Graham, USGS.
- Image contributed by Ann St. Amand, PhycoTech.
Physical appearance of cells/filaments/colonies
- Presence and location of heterocysts
- Presence and location of akinetes
- Presence of sheath
- Shape and size of cells
- Shape of colony (tangled filaments or a straight line)
- Physiological health of cells, are they healthy or degrading
- Composition of other taxa in the community
- Image contributed by Ann St. Amand, PhycoTech.
- Image contributed by Ann St. Amand, PhycoTech.
- Odor
- earthy/musty
- sulfurous
- septic
- grassy (contributed by non-Cyanobacteria)
- fishy (contributed by non-Cyanobacteria)
- cucumber-like (contributed by non-Cyanobacteria)
- geranium (contributed by non-Cyanobacteria)
- Fish Kills
- Extent and location
- Composition of taxa in the kill
- Lesions
- Image contributed by Jennifer Graham, USGS.
Field Sampling and Preservation Protocols
- How to sample, preserve for cyanotoxins
- How to sample, preserve for taste/odor compounds
- How to sample for taxonomic identification
Toxin Identification
- Labs that test for toxins
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- Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Environmental Health Division (EHD)
2601 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53718 53718
- Gregory L Boyer (not a commercial laboratory)
- Kits to test for toxins - microcystics/nodularins and cylindrospermopsin (anatoxin-a in development)
Kits to test for toxins - microcystics/nodularins only ( cylindrospermopsin & anatoxin-a in development)
500 Riverside Industrial Parkway
Portland, Maine 04103 USA
207-797-0300
toll free (US): 866-408-4597
www.envirologix.com
Taste & Odor Identification
- Labs that test for geosmin & MIB
- Mr. Rick Loftis, President
Engineering Performance Solutions, LLC
5510 SW 41st Blvd.
Suite 205
Gainesville, FL 32608
Phone: 352-338-7770
Fax: 352-338-3533
Email: info@epslabs.com
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