| According to scientists, Lake Erie’s ecology has been rapidly dying due to water pollution since the mid-1990s. Specifically, a toxic algae called microcystis has pervaded the lake and depleted significant portions of oxygen from the water. These algae-infested waters snuff out the indigenous fish population, which is a substantial.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Water Quality Also tagged Great Lakes, Lake Erie, toxic algae, Water Quality 1 Comment
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Lake Erie’s ecosystem declining due to poisonous algae
Conditions in Grand Calumet River AOC improving, researcher says
| While surveying the Grand Calumet River in 1988, Thomas Simon found a deformed fish he later named Blinky. The fish was named as such for a striking abnormality: he was missing an eye. Simon, a researcher at Indiana State University, said he has since seen an improvement in the condition of aquatic life in the.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology Also tagged Area of Concern, fish, GLRI, Grand Calumet River, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Indiana State University, Lake Michigan, PAHs, PCBs, research Leave a comment
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Virginia assesses state water quality, the good and the bad
| Water quality evaluation results for the entire state of Virginia were released yesterday by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. The water quality assessment integrated report detailed a six-year water quality assessment of 98 percent of the state’s 1,247 watersheds, including a list of impaired waterways. This year.. Read more Posted in Lake Biology, Uncategorized, Water Quality Also tagged chloride, dissolved oxygen, E. coli, EPA, mercury, PCBs, pH, pollution, TMDLs, Virginia Leave a comment
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