formbloom

Forecasting Tools and Mitigation Options for Diverse Bloom-Affected Lakes

[IISD Experimental Lakes Area @IISD_ELA]

Who eats who—or indeed, whom—in fresh water?

Allow us to explain the difference between a food web, a food chain and trophic levels—and what that means in a lake…

(It's definitely whom, by the way...)

https://t.co/cqk4ilQ8nF

[Dr. Jennifer Baltzer @forestecogrp]

Please check out this MSc position with @fen_fatale and I! An amazing combination of Northwest Territories-base field research on caribou forage recovery and fun with lichens in the greenhouse 👇

[Diane Orihel @DianeOrihel]

New opportunities to join @QE3_Research Lab @queensu! MSc and PhD to study the fate and effects of microplastics in freshwater communities. Whole-lake and mesocosm experiments @IISD_ELA and @QUBioStation. Co-supervised by @jenni_pro or @girls_can. #cdnsci #ecotoxicology #ecology

[formbloom @formbloom]

That's us!

[FACETS Journal @FACETSJournal]

Extreme rainfall drives early onset cyanobacterial bloom 🌧️ https://t.co/Q0rrTbhJ3W

by @meganllarsen and colleagues

#phytoplankton #geochemistry

[formbloom @formbloom]

Here's a new @GWF_pubs from our @GWFutures work on a cyano bloom affected reservoir.

The reservoir was originally built to ensure summer river flows. It's used by many people.

Increases in extreme rainfall now make toxin-producing blooms occur earlier in the summer.

[Global Water Futures @GWFutures]

📢Our @formbloom project is hiring 1 #postdoc and 3 graduate students (#MSc & #PhD) to research the drivers of freshwater #cyanobacterial blooms and develop tools for bloom mitigation

Apply today >>> https://t.co/KFIvOyHSnT

[Global Institute for Water Security @usask_water]

"A visionary and passionate global research leader pushing forward the frontiers of aquatic sciences in a bold manner," that's our Dr. Helen Baulch - 2020 @usask New Research Award Winner. Congratulations Helen! @Prairie_Water @GWFutures @formbloom

[formbloom @formbloom]

Conditions that cause a toxin-producing cyanobacteria bloom came early because of a v large rain event - these events are expected to become more frequent.

Thus "effectively elongating the bloom season period of potential toxicity"

@GWFutures

[Kateri Salk @KateriSalk]

Preprint is out for our study on phytoplankton blooms at @IISD_ELA! Long-term monitoring data + process-oriented modeling reveal interactions between higher temps and external fertilization, resulting in higher blooms. Collab w/ @JJVenky @couturerm & Twitterless others

[Jackson Makoto Tsuji @J_Mako_Tsuji]

Interested in iron cycling or #boreal lakes? We find evidence of photoferrotrophs (bizarre photosynthetic bacteria) in the bottom waters of lakes at @IISD_ELA via #metagenomics and cultivation. Pre-print at https://t.co/33ysJ309km @joshdneufeld

[Laurier Research @LaurierResearch]

Laurier’s @JJVenky works at ELA as part of @formbloom . Today’s #SWCCan2019 talk about ELA shows importance of whole ecosystem studies in lakes.

[IFHAB Workshop @IFHABWorkshop]

Plenary speaker Dr. Jason Venkiteswaran @JJVenky @Laurier presented a fascinating re-analysis of long-term trends in algal biomass from one of the best-studied artificially fertilized lakes, Lake 227 @IISD_ELA. Funded by @formbloom #algae #bloom #lake

[Diane Orihel @DianeOrihel]

Intersting findings by Dr. Megan Larsen @Laurier about the role of precipitation - and subsequent pulse of phosphorus - can stimulate harmful algal blooms; a rainfall event in 2017 increased phosphorus 35x in Conestogo Lake, Ontario #ifhab19 @JJVenky

[Wilfrid Laurier University @Laurier]

Water: We drink it. We swim in it. We farm with it. We waste it. Canadians use a lot of water, but we have less of it than you think. Research from #Laurier is informing – and preparing – Canadians about the changes that may lie ahead #EarthDay

[Dr. Rebecca Rooney @girls_can]

Full circle: My MSc research was part of a 20 year long whole-ecosystem experiment to evaluate the impacts of freshwater fish farming. This news article covers the outcomes of that research https://t.co/aPrPX3GgRQ #ELA