- Time:Sep 8 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, 2021
- RSVP Contact:Erin Monaco | Email Me
- Event Organizer:Christopher Winslow | Contact Host
- Event Category:Conferences | Show Similar
The Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Virtual Conference will highlight current scientific knowledge related to algal blooms. Research and outreach leaders will present findings from recent studies and identify important areas of uncertainty.
Expected audiences include academic researchers, state and federal agencies and the agricultural community interested in the latest algal bloom science and technology, with an expected audience largely from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Members of the academic research community, state and federal agencies and the agricultural community are especially encouraged to attend.
Research and outreach leaders will present findings from recent studies and identify important areas of uncertainty. Specific topics will include:
- Nutrients and processes behind algal blooms
- New tools to track and predict algal blooms
- Latest progress from Ohio agencies managing water quality and algal blooms
- Impacts of manure and stream processes on nutrient loads
If you are interested in earning Ohio EPA Contact Hours for this conference, please complete this form.
Agenda and Speakers
Welcome and introductions
Jay Martin, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University
Morning Session
Where do we go from here? Mitigating Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in a World Facing Human Nutrient Over-Enrichment and Climate Change
Hans Paerl, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nitrogen as a driver of HABs: is N availability the missing key to modeling microcystins?
Silvia Elena Newell, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University
Microcystins in Lake Erie: Working towards developing a toxin concentration forecast
Justin Chaffin, Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University
We can’t do it alone! Linking new technology and stakeholder-engaged science to monitor harmful algal bloom toxins in western Lake Erie
Tim Davis, Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University
Lunch on your own
Afternoon session
Phosphorus losses: sources, pathways, and tradeoffs
Deanna Osmond, Crop and Soil Science, North Carolina State University
Ohio EPA overview of TMDL Status and 9-element
Tiffani Kavalec, Division of Surface Water, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Phosphorus sources, forms, and abundance as a function of streamflow and field conditions in Maumee River Basin streams
Tanja Williamson, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey
H2Ohio Program Update; Producer Interest, Practice Implementation, and Future Plans
Terry Mescher, H2Ohio Western Lake Erie Basin Program, Ohio Department of Agriculture