17 results for tag: water quality

The Impact of Road Salts on our Freshwaters

This year ALMS is hosting a webinar series to learn from experts from across North America on various lake related topics! This series will showcase presentations every Friday morning from September 10 to October 1. Presentation topics include remote sensing of lake levels and algal blooms, internal loading, salt pollution, aquatic invasive species, and eDNA. We encourage you to register for the presentations to receive timely updates and post-webinar follow-ups. Check out our website (https://alms.ca/2021-webinar-series/) to register. Presentation: The Impact of Road Salts on our Freshwaters When: 11:00 MDT, Friday September 10 Who: Dr. ...

Combining Citizen Science Data with Satellite Data To Monitor Changes In Lake Volume

This year ALMS is hosting a webinar series to learn from experts from across North America on various lake related topics! This series will showcase presentations every Friday morning from September 10 to October 1. Presentation topics include remote sensing of lake levels and algal blooms, internal loading, salt pollution, aquatic invasive species, and eDNA. We encourage you to register for the presentations to receive timely updates and post-webinar follow-ups. Check out our website (https://alms.ca/2021-webinar-series/) to register. Presentation: Combining Citizen Science Data with Satellite Data To Monitor Changes In Lake Volume W...

Monitoring HCBs with the bloomWatch App

by Leah Hicks, NALMS Community-Based Science Intern With the occurrence of harmful cyanobacteria blooms (HCBs) increasing throughout the world, it is of the utmost importance to increase community awareness about water safety when cyanobacteria are present. Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as blue-green algae, are small bacteria found in waterbodies throughout the world. They are some of the earth’s oldest living organisms. When some cyanobacteria are found in high concentrations they form blooms, which are characterized by a discoloration of the water (often green/blue green, but these harmful blooms can also be red, brown, yellow, or ...

OCLWA Webinar: Remote Sensing of Water Quality

July is Lakes Appreciation Month, so help us celebrate by attending one of our free virtual workshops! About this event OCLWA is hosting four virtual webinars to help highlight Lakes Appreciation Month. Events are scheduled beginning on July 8 and occur each Thursday through July 29th. Each week, speakers will cover a different topic. You can register for one or all of them. The series workshop is as follows: July 8 - Priscilla Crawford - Aquatic Invasive Species - Basic Identification and How to Report July 15 - Casey Goodwin - In Situ Internal P Loading in Lake Erie July 22 - Tyler King - Remote Sensing of Water ...

Webinar: Successful Lake Management & The Feasibility of Alum to Improve Water Quality

Registration: Join HAB Aquatic Solutions, Lake County Health Department and the Illinois Lakes Management Association for an informative webinar on water quality. This event is FREE but requires registration. Please register for the webinar on Eventbrite. Event Description: Poor water quality in lakes has many symptoms and most of them are caused by having too much algae in your lake. Such symptoms include scums, low clarity, odors, algal toxins, low oxygen levels, poor fishing, fish kills and reduced recreational and property values. What’s the cause of nuisance levels of algae? Too much phosphorus (P). Phosphorus is generally the ...

ILMS 2021 Abstracts Due

Please save the date for the annual ILMS conference.  As a result of the current pandemic we have decided to move to a fully virtual conference this year. The theme for this year is: Lake and Watershed Resiliency in Changing Times Our online event will be held April 8th and 9th, 2021.  We are currently accepting abstracts for presentations for the event.  We will update you with more details as we continue our planning. Help us celebrate 33 years of Indiana Lakes Management! The Indiana Lakes Management Society is seeking abstracts for presentations at the 32nd Annual Indiana Lakes Management Annual Conference and our first virtual confer...

FLMS HAB Control Webinar

Preliminary Evaluation of Nanobubblers to Improve Water Quality and Reduce Cyanobacteria Blooms, Patrick Goodwin Air Nanobubbles as a Chemical-Free Method for Algae Control, Christian Ference M.S. Laboratory-scale evaluation of algaecide effectiveness for control of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria from Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Dail Laughinghouse Ph.D. Effects of Glyphosate (Rodeo) on the Growth of Planktonic Cyanobacteria, Maximiliano Barbosa