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Updated July 8, 2026
Community-Based Networks to Improve Water Quality and Security in the Tzalá River and Lake Atitlán Basins, Guatemala.
Edgar A. Arriaga1, Pamela Pennington2, Brenda Noriega3, Francis Santos3, María Fernanda Figueroa3, Mónica Mártinez3, Rodrigo Chumil3, Diego Incer4, and Javier Rodríguez4
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 2Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala; 3Centro de Estudios Atitlán, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Sololá, Guatemala; 4Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Investigating Chemical and Biological Recovery of Acidified Lakes in Sudbury, Ontario
Mary Atkinson and Mark L. Mallory
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Long-Term Assessment of Hypolimnetic Oxygen Demand in Valle de Bravo Reservoir, Mexico to Support Oxygenation System Design
Marc Beutel
University of California, Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Merced, California, USA
GIS-Based Assessment of Phosphorus Transport From Septic Systems Using ArcNLET-Py
Alexander Debo
7 Lakes Alliance, Belgrade Lakes, Maine, USA
Large-Scale Nutrient Reduction Efforts in the Coeur d’Alene Lake Basin
Pilar Deniston and Jade Clinkenbeard
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
The Aquatic Ecosystem as a Sports Facility: Water Quality From a Scientific Perspective vs. User Expectations
Renata Dondajewska-Pielka1, Łukasz Bryl2, and Michał Rybak1
1Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; 2University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Environmental Changes Promoting an Unprecedented Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Anna, Virginia
Aliyah Downing and Margaret Mulholland
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Canada Water Agency’s Lake of the Woods Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative
Kelly-Anne Fagan
Canada Water Agency, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
First Confirmed Case of Canine Mortality Due to Dihydroanatoxin-a in Central Texas, USA
Anthea Fredrickson1, Aaron Richter2, Katherine A. Perri3, and Schonna R. Manning3
1Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas, USA; 2City of Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; 3Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Sonoporation in Microcystis and Anabaena sp. Above and Below Cavitation
Samuel Gill1, Shannon Thayer1, Elizabeth Crafton-Nelson2; Zuzana Bohrerova1, and Linda K. Weavers1
1Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; 2Hazen and Sawyer, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Indiana Statewide Lake Monitoring Program Evaluation: Collecting More Samples than Necessary?
Megan Gokey
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Modeling to Assess Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge Scenarios in the Lake Cuitzeo Basin, Mexico
Mario Alberto Hernández-Hernández1, Mariano Pacheco Chim2, María del Mar Navarro Farfán1, Joel Hernández Bedolla1
1Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México; 2Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México
Paleoecological Assessment of Chironomid-Inferred Hypolimnetic Oxygen Dynamics Under Anthropogenic Stress in Simon Lake (Sudbury, Ontario)
Mackenzie H. Hobbs and Elizabeth J. Favot
Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Vale Living with Lakes Centre, School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Floating Wetlands as a Nutrient Management Strategy for Urbanizing Lakes in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Kajsa Holland-Goon1, Lauren Somers1, Rob Jamieson1 Elizabeth Montgomery2, and Shauna Doll2
1Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 2Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Engineering Data Democracy: Leveraging Big Data and Agent-Based Modeling for Riparian Community Decision Support
Stephanie Howard1 and Khaldoon Dhou1,2
1National University, San Diego, California, USA; 2Texas A&M University–Central Texas, College Station, Texas, USA
Hydrometric Standards: The Key to Known Quality
Terry Kenney
Aquatic Informatics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Where the Water Goes – Comparing Spring and Fall Pump-Ups Into Candlewood Lake
Steve Kluge, Neil Stalter, and Michael Gasperino
Candlewood Lake Authority, New Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Conservation and Restoration of Aquatic Diversity in the Face of Legacy and Emerging Stressors (CRADLES)
Adam Lepage1, Brie Edwards2, Thomas Johnston3, Elizabeth Favot1, Michael Rennie4, Mark Mallory5, Andrew Paterson6, John Smol7, and Jacqueline Litzgus1
1Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; 2Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks, Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; 3Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; 4Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; 5Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; 6Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks, Dorset, Ontario, Canada; 7Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Metabolomics and Genomics Reveal High Diversity and Concentrations of Cyanopeptides During a Microcystis Bloom
Keri Malanchuk1, Nathalie Fortin2, Frances Pick3, David McMullin1
1Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada; 3University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Adaptive Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala: Development of a Multi-organism Response Protocol
Mónica Martínez1, Brenda Noriega1, Juan Bocel1,2, Natalia Vargas1,3, Francis Santos1, and Jorge García1
1Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Centro de Estudios Atitlán, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Sololá, Sololá, Guatemala; 2University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA; 3Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
When Bog-Fringed Lakes Turn Alkaline: Hydrologic Forcing, Peat Collapse, and Eutrophication Feedback
Claire Paul1,2, Benjamin Harris2, and Melissa Thomas2
1Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, USA; 2Raritan Headwaters Association, Bedminster, New Jersey, USA
Smart Solutions for Surface and Drinking Water Monitoring: Building a Phone-Based Turbidimeter for Low-Cost Water-Quality Testing
Lindsey Pegram, Michael Fisher, Amanda Northcross, and Glenn Walters
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Increasing Watershed Management Capacity in Arkansas
John Pennington
University of Arkansas – Division of Agriculture – Cooperative Extension Service, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Transforming Fishing Cat and Fish Farmer Conflict Into Conservation
Ganesh Puri
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Bagmati Province Nepal
Active Monitoring of Limnological Parameters Under Ice in Northern Minnesota
Brady Rudh
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake, Minnesota, USA
Physical, Chemical and Biological Identification of the Constraints of the Agricultural Reuse of Sediment From La Angostura Reservoir, Turrialba, Costa Rica
DAngelo Sandoval Chacón, Eduardo Granados Brenes, and Carlos Sánchez Romero
University of Costa Rica, Sede del Atlántico, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Lagoons and Wetlands (Vegas) Dynamic in the Salar of Pastos Grandes: A Site With Potential Exploitation of Lithium in the Puna, Argentina.
Sandra Torrusio1, Nora Gomez2, Pablo Ontivero1, M. Julia Cassano1, Paola Cardozo3, Winnie Thomas1, and Vanina Herrera4
1IGeA, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2ILPLA-Instituto de Limnología – CONICET- UNLP, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3CONICET- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Salta city, Salta, Argentina; 4Universidad National de Salta, Salta city, Salta, Argentina
Can Data From Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring Stations Predict Algal Blooms?
Carissa Wilkerson1,2, Deena Hannoun1, and Todd Tietjen1
1Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; 2University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA