Recent Papers, Upcoming Meetings and Webinars
This page provides technical experts with access to recent publications and information on upcoming meetings. It also provides links to upcoming HAB webinars that may be of interest.
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Recent Papers
Here we provide a sample of recent HAB related peer reviewed papers and scientific reports that may be of interest:
- A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting? Zepernick et al. 2024. Journal of Great Lakes Research
- What, How, When, and Where: Spatiotemporal Water Quality Hazards of Cyanotoxins in Subtropical Eutrophic Reservoirs. Stroski et al. 2024. Environmental Science and Technology
- Evaluation of metrics and thresholds for use in national-scale river harmful algal bloom assessments. Stackpoole et al. 2024. Ecological Indicators
- Forecasting freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms for Sentinel-3 satellite resolved U.S. lakes and reservoirs. Schaeffer et al. 2024. Journal of Environmental Management
- Assessing the relationship between cyanobacterial blooms and respiratory-related hospital visits: Green Bay, Wisconsin 2017–2019. Murray et al. 2024. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
- Spatial and Temporal Variability of Saxitoxin-Producing Cyanobacteria in U.S. Urban Lakes. Jeon et al. 2024. Toxins
- Detection of Anatoxins in Human Urine by Liquid Chromatography Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry and ELISA. Cunningham et al. 2024. Toxins
- Welcome to the jungle!: An overview of modern taxonomy of cyanobacteria. Kastovksy 2024. Hydrobiologia.
- Cycles of solar ultraviolet radiation favor periodic expansions of cyanobacterial blooms in global lakes. Wang et al. 2024. Water Research
- Geographic Analysis of the Vulnerability of U.S. Lakes to Cyanobacterial Blooms under Future. Butcher et al. 2023
- What makes a cyanobacterial bloom disappear? A review of the abiotic and biotic cyanobacterial bloom loss factors. Harris et al. 2024. Harmful Algae
- CyanoStrainChip: A Novel DNA Microarray Tool for High-Throughput Detection of Environmental Cyanobacteria at the Strain Level. Shue et al. 2024. Environmental Science and Technology
- A paleoecological investigation of recent cyanobacterial blooms and their drivers in two contrasting lakes. Wheeler et al. 2024. Harmful Algae
- Using cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton to assess trophic conditions: A qPCR-based, multi-year study in twelve large rivers across the United States. Zhang et al. 2024. Water Research
- Proliferation and anatoxin production of benthic cyanobacteria associated with canine mortalities along a stream-lake continuum. Johnston et al. 2024. Science of the Total Environment
Upcoming Meetings
Here we provide a list of upcoming scientific meetings that may be of interest:
- International Association for Great Lakes Research 2024
Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
May 20-24, 2024 - Society for Freshwater Science Meeting
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, Philadelphia, PA
June 2-6, 2024 - ASLO 2024 Meeting
The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI
June 2-7, 2024 - 2024 Shipboard Science Workshop on Lake Erie
R/V Lake Guardian, Cleveland, OH
July 7 -13, 2024 - SETAC North America 45th Annual Meeting
Forth Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX
October 20-24, 2024
Session: One Health of Planktonic, Pelagic and Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): The Detection, Fate, Effects, Monitoring, and Management of Blooms - 12th U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae
Holiday Inn Portland by the Bay, Portland, ME
October 27 – November 1, 2024 - North American Lake Management Society 2024
Lake Tahoe, CA
November 5-8, 2024 - 14th National Monitoring Conference
Green Bay, WI
March 10-14, 2025 - 13th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria (ICTC13)
Minoan Palace Resort, Chania, Crete, Greece
May 4-8, 2025
Upcoming Webinars
Here we provide a list of upcoming HAB webinars that may be of interest:
- Webinar: Freshwater Science: Discovering a Potential Treatment for Health Effects of Algal Toxin Exposure
May 16, 2024: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm