HABS Resources
A wide range of information on harmful algal blooms is available from Ohio Sea Grant, OSU Extension and other offices across Ohio. A selection of those resources is available below.
2018 HABS Forecast Materials
2017 HABS Forecast Materials
- Forecast Webinar Recording
- NOAA Press Release
- 2017 HABs Forecast Introductory Slides
- Using Bateria to Degrade Microcystin – Huntley
- Maumee Nutrient Loading – Johnson
- Lake Erie HABs Forecast System – Kavanaugh
- HABs Fish Safe To Eat – Ludsin
- BMPs Lake Erie Basin – LaBarge
- Forecast Western Lake Erie – Stumpf, Johnson
2016 HABs Forecast Materials
- NOAA Press Release
- Forecast Webinar Recording
- 2016 HABs Forecast Severity Chart
- Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom 2004 Satellite Image
- Update on Ohio Sea Grant managed research projects
Christopher Winslow - Maumee nutrient loading March 1 – July 31, 2016
Laura Johnson - 2016 Forecast Western Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom
Rick Stumpf - GLWQA Annex 4 Objectives and Targets Task Team
Jeff Reutter - Phosphorus Sources in Western Lake Erie: How important is sediment P?
Tom Bridgeman - A multi‐model approach to guiding agricultural nutrient load reductions for Lake Erie
Jay Martin - Western Lake Erie Basin CEAP Overview
Conor Keitzer - Implementation Planning for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the Collaboration Agreement
Gail Hesse
Useful Links
- Algae Through The Ages
Twine Line Fall/Winter 2014 - Summary of Findings and Strategies to Move Toward a 40% Phosphorus Reduction
- NOAA’s Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie Weekly HAB Bulletin
- Ohio State’s Field to Faucet Initiative
- Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative
- Ohio EPA
- Heidelberg University National Center for Water Quality Research
- University of Toledo Lake Erie Center
- Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)
- NOAA’s Ohio River Forecast Center
- LimnoTech
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- NOAA’s Cooperative Research Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
2015 HABs Forecast Materials
- Spring 2015 Maumee Nutrient Loading
Laura Johnson - 2015 Forecast Western Lake Erie Basin
Rick Stumpf - Annex 4 Nutrients Great Lakes Executive Meeting
Tinka Hyde - Objectives and Targets Task Team Recommendations
Jeff Reutter - Board of Regents Funding
Chris Winslow - Field to Faucet: End to End Solutions for Western Lake Erie Basin
Jay Martin - Phosphorus Loading 2011-2015
Joe DePinto
Take a Summer Course or Workshop with us
Stone Lab, Ohio State’s island campus on Lake Erie, offers courses and workshops on a variety of topics related to harmful algal blooms.
OHSU-FS-1040 10 things I should know about algal blooms 
OHSU-FS-911 Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio Waters 
