Researchers predict significant harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will have a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae, during the 2014 bloom season in late summer. However, the predicted bloom is expected to be smaller than last year's intense bloom, and considerably less than the record-setting 2011 bloom.