As the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE) approaches delisting as a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC), emerging stressors, particularly cyanobacteria blooms, raise new questions about the estuary’s longterm condition. To ...

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) pose significant risks to water quality, public health, and aquatic ecosystems, including in the Great Lakes. Traditional methods for detecting microcystin, a common cyanotoxin, often take several ...

Phytoplankton, commonly referred to as algae, are found in water and create the base of the food web in aquatic ecosystems. When an ecosystem becomes unbalanced, phytoplankton can grow too much which can result in an algal ...