Wednesday, February 19 at 1pm ET
via Zoom
Abstract:
It is well known that nutrients and warm waters stimulate algae growth, but it is not clear how the many parameters affected by climate change will influence the production of toxins by Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Storm occurrence, droughts, temperature, dissolved metals, erosion of soils, increasing length of growing season, discharge, and hydroperiod all play a role in algae growth and toxin production. Climate and hydrologic models address many of the physical and environmental parameters that influence HABs, but no climate models directly address HABs themselves.
This project compiles information from the literature pertaining to HABs and the need for models that forecast the probability of HABS.