Cyanobacteria Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:36:30 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Climate change and differing lake characteristic's impact on cyanobacteria bloom formation in oligotrophic systems /euc/research-spotlight/climate-change-and-differing-lake-characteristics-impact-on-cyanobacteria-bloom-formation-in-oligotrophic-systems/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:36:30 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=13055 Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as Blue-Green Algae, are a ubiquitous photosynthetic bacteria that under the right conditions – high light, warm temperatures, high nutrient concentrations, high thermal stability, low surficial sediment redox– cyanobacteria are able to rapidly proliferate, forming dense populations or blooms (often creating dense mats on the water surface). Freshwater blooms are detrimental […]

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