Disturbance‐mediated Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom (CHAB) formation in a small Ohio reservoir |
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| Authors: | Nathan Ruhl Nicole Sullivan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA;2. Department of Biological Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA;3. Department of Biology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CHABs) in lentic waterbodies are becoming increasingly common because of climate change, changes in water usage and eutrophication. This study provides observational evidence that CHAB formation in a small Ohio reservoir (Lake Hope) is associated with metalimnetic disturbance during the summer months. Disturbance via lotic interflow may result in the appearance of CHABs in lentic habitats, with cyanobacterial maxima in the metalimnion. |
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| Keywords: | CHAB cyanobacteria disturbance metalimnion reservoir |
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