Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin

10 August, 2017, Bulletin 09

T h e Microcystis c yanoba c te r
iabloom c ontinue s in th e we ste r n ba sin along -and of f sh or
e th e Oh io and Mic h igan coa st f rom Ma um e e Ba
y
nor th past S tonyPoint a nd e ast towar d s Mid d le S iste rI sla
nd .Obse r ve d wind s th is we e k (8/ 7-10)r e d uc
e d m ix ing,inc rea singsur face
conc e ntr ations f
rom e ar lie r
.Scum s h ave be e n r e por te d .Me asur e d tox in c onc e ntra tions are be lowth e r ec r
ea tiona l th re sh old s
th r oug h out m ost ofth e bloom e x te nt,but c onc e ntr ations c an e x c e e d th e th r
e sh old wh e re th e bloom is m ost d e nse ( wh ic h would look
g reen f rom aboa t).

Forec ast wind s (5-12kn)tod a

yth rough Satur da y( 8/10-12)m a
ypr om ote m ix ing
,re d uc ingsur face c once ntr
ations ofMicrocystis.
Wind s
will prom ote e aste r
lytr
anspor t ofMicrocystis tod ayth r
ough Sund a
y( 8/10- 13)towa rd s th e Ontar io Coast.

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se c hec k Oh io EPAs site on h armf ul a lg
albloom s f orsa f e tyinforma tion.h ttp:/
/e pa.oh io.
gov/
habalg ae.aspx .Kee p y
ourpe ts a nd
your se lfout ofth e wa te rin area s wh e re scum is f or m ing .T h e pe r
siste nt cyanobac te riabloom ofPlanktothrix continue s in Sand usk yBa
y
and e x te nd s into L
ake Er ie .NOAA s GL ER Lpr ovid e s ad d itiona l HABd a ta:h ttps://www. gle r
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noaa.
gov/re s/
HABs_and _Hy pox ia.

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Davis,
L alim e
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Figur e 1.Cyanoba c te ria

lI nd e x from m od if
ie d Cope rnicus S e ntine l 3d a
tacolle cte d 08Aug
ust,2017a
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26E
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ate s c
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.Th e e stim ate d th re sh old f
orc
y a nobacte r
iad e te ction is 20,
000ce lls/mL .

Figure 2.Cy anoba cte r

ialI
nd e x f
rom m od if
ie d Cope r
nic
us S
e ntine l Wind spe e d a nd d ir
ec tion f
rom Ma rble h e a
d ,OH.Bloom s m ix th r
ough
3d atac olle c
te d 08Aug ust,2017a t 11:
26. th e wa
te rc olum n a t wind spe e d s g
rea te rth an 15k nots (
or7.7m / s).

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Figure 3. Nowcast position of bloom for 10 August, 2017 using GLFS modelled currents to move the bloom from the 08 August, 2017 image.

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Figure 4. Forecast position of bloom for 13 August, 2017 using GLFS modelled currents to move the bloom from the 08 August, 2017 image.
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the NOAA HAB Forecast page:
Averaged forecasted currents from Great https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/lakeerie.html
Lakes Forecasting System over the next
72 hours.