- Time:Jan 25 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm, 2023
- Event Organizer:Jill Jentes Banicki | Contact Host
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Alum application is sometimes used to treat or prevent harmful algal blooms in inland lakes such as Ohio’s Grand Lake St. Mary’s, which experiences severe harmful algal blooms similar to Lake Erie’s western basin. But a 2021 Wright State University study suggests that the benefits, if any, of alum application and other interventions are short-lived.
Dr. Mark McCarthy, who led the project, suggests that climate change and external nitrogen inputs play a larger role in the persistence and severity of algal blooms in these lakes.
The webinar is free, but registration is required to receive log-in information.
About the Speaker
Dr. Mark J. McCarthy is currently a Senior Researcher at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu, Estonia, and an Adjunct Lecturer at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Dr. McCarthy has spent the last 20+ years studying the nitrogen cycle in aquatic systems around the world, including Taihu Lake (China), volcanic lakes of New Zealand, shallow lakes in Estonia, the Finger Lakes (New York), coastal and estuarine areas of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes. Dr. McCarthy received his B.S. in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Miami (Florida), M.S. from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, and Ph. D. from Université du Québec á Montréal in Canada.