Health impacts from cyanobacteria harmful algae blooms: Implications for the North American Great Lakes

• Published in: Harmful algae Vol. 54; pp. 194 - 212
• Main Authors: Carmichael, Wayne W., Boyer, Gregory L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2016
• Subjects: algae; algal blooms; Anabaena; Animals; Bacterial Toxins - toxicity; basins; case studies; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria - physiology; Cyanobacterium (genus); Cyanotoxins; death; dogs; drinking water; Drinking/recreational water guidelines; fish kills; fisheries; food webs; habitats; Harmful Algal Bloom; Harmful algal blooms; Human and animal health; human diseases; Humans; hypoxia; Lake Erie; Lakes - microbiology; livestock; Lyngbya; microcystins; Microcystis; North America; remediation; shellfish; surface water; tourism; toxicity; toxicology; United States; water quality; Lake Erie; North America; Human and animal health; Harmful algal blooms; Drinking/recreational water guidelines; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms (cHABs) have significant socioeconomic and ecological costs, which impact drinking water, fisheries, agriculture, tourism, real estate, water quality, food web resilience and habitats, and contribute to anoxia and fish kills. Many of these costs are well described, but...