SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
March 2019
Freshwater HABs Newsletter
EPA Awards Grants to the New Jersey Institute of Technology
for Innovative Technology Project on Cvanotoxins Removal
On March 18th, the EPA announced the 21 teams of undergraduate and
graduate students across the country receiving funding to develop sustainable
technologies to help solve environmental and public health challenges through
its People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) grants program. Grantees from the
New Jersey Institute of Technology at Newark will work on the project:
Development of Reactive Nanobubble Systems for Efficient and Scalable
Harmful Algae and Cyanotoxin Removal. To learn more about the P3 research
projects, visit the EPA website here.
Preliminary Report on Air Sampling of Particle-Associated
Microcvstins and BMAA, Pilot Study in Lee County, Florida: Fall
2018 - Winter 2019
The Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) researchers funded by NOAA HAB
Event Response program has successfully piloted an air sampling program
capable of measuring airborne cyanotoxin and cyanobacteria cell particle
levels and determining particle sizes. The FGCU report provides
preliminary results from a short-term air sampler deployment during the west
coast FL cyanobacteria bloom in 2018. A summary of the project could be
found here.
Training Opportunities at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF ALGAE - June 10th - July 5th, 2019
An ecological perspective is used to explore the diversity of photosynthetic
microbes that form the energy base of freshwater ecosystems, including
cyanobacteria, green algae, and diatoms. Students will learn techniques in
collection, preparation, and identification of algae. Lectures will cover all algal
groups' taxonomy, systematics, and ecology. Environmental and economic
concerns caused by algal growth will be examined. Field collections will be
used to identify common genera of algae, study life histories, and examine
environmental factors that affect growth and distribution. This is an intensive,
field-oriented class appropriate for advanced undergraduate students,
graduate students, and post-graduate workers in bioassessment, algal
ecology, and taxonomy. Students are encouraged to bring individual research
materials, and there will be opportunities to discuss research approaches
using algae. Students should have a working knowledge of basic biology.
Class size is limited to 10.
Instructor: Kalina Manoylov, Georgia Coll. & State University.
Tuition: Undergraduate per credit: $324.00/Graduate per credit: $548.00
For more information or register go to: https://iowalakesidelab.org/courses
UPCOMING EVENTS
EPA WEBINARS: Preparing
for HABs Season 2019
Planning and Responding to
Cvanotoxins in Drinking
Water
April 25th, 2019 11:00 EST
CONFERENCES
3rd Interdisciplinary
Freshwater Harmful Algal
Blooms Workshop
April 24 - 26, 2019
Toronto, Ontario
11th International
Conference on Toxic
Cyanobacteria
May 5-10, 2019
Krakow, Poland
IAGLR 2019 Conference
June 10-14, 2019
Brockport, NY
2019 Gordon Research
Conference on Mvcotoxins
and Phvcotoxins: Risk and
Regulation in a Multi-Toxin
Exposure World
June 16-21, 2019
Stonehill College, Easton, MA
10th US HAB Symposium
Nov 3-8, 2019
Perdido Beach Resort, Orange
Beach, Alabama
NOTICE: We're in the
process of revamping the
EPA's Cyanobacteria Website.
The website can be assessed
using this temporary link.
Apologies for the
inconvenience, we expect the
issue to be resolved soon.
This newsletter was created
by Dr. Lesley D'Analada.
Office of Science and
Technology, Office of Water.
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BIOOMS, BEACH CLOSURES and HEALTH ADVISORIES * March 2019
A Florida (2) A Maryland (1) (Prorocentrum minimum bloom at the Maryland Coastal Bay) A Ohio (1) A Oregon (1)
* Include blooms, cautions, warnings, public health advisories, closings and detections over the State's threshold, due to the presence of algae,
toxins or both. Many States have closed the season for HABs monitoring efforts. Monitoring will begin on late spring or early summer.
Recently Published Articles
Early warning method for cvanobacteria toxin, taste and odor problems bv the evaluation of
fluorescence signals
C. Moldaenke, Y. Fang, F. Yang, A. Dahlhaus. Science of the total Environment. 667. 2019. Pp. 681-690.
Potential of biological approaches for cvanotoxin removal from drinking water: A review
Pratik Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Hegde, Satinder Kaur Brar, Maximiliano Cledon, Azadeh Kermanshahi-pour,
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 172, 2019, pp. 488-503
Removal of cvanotoxins bv potassium permanganate: Incorporating competition from natural water
constituents
Juliana R. Laszakovits, Allison A. MacKay, Water Research, Volume 155, 2019, pp. 86-95
Impacts of microbial assemblage and environmental conditions on the distribution of anatoxin-a
producing cvanobacteria within a river network
Keith Bouma-Gregson, Matthew R. Olm, Alexander J. Probst, Karthik Anantharaman, Mary E. Power and Jillian F.
Banfield. ISME JOurnal, February 2019.
Insights into carbon acouisition and photosynthesis in Karenia brevis under a range of CQ2
concentrations
T.L. Bercel, S.A. Kranz. Progress in Oceanography, 2019; 172: 65
Bioaccumulation of microcvstins in seston, zooplankton and fish: A case study in Lake Zumpango,
Mexico
Cesar Alejandro Zamora-Barrios, S. Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma, Environmental Pollution, Volume 249, 2019, pp. 267-276.
Effects of cvlindrospermopsin on cultured immortalized human airway epithelial cells
Barbara Kubickova, Petra Laboha, Jan-Peter Hildebrandt, Klara Hilscherova, Pavel Babica. Chemosphere, Volume 220,
2019, pp. 620-628
Cvanobacteria I blooms in the central basin of Lake Erie: Potentials for cvanotoxins and environmental
drivers
Justin D. Chaffin, Sachidananda Mishra, Douglas D. Kane, Darren L. Bade, Keara Stanislawczyk, Kristen N. Slodysko,
Kevin W. Jones, Eric M. Parker, Erica L. Fox. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2019
Widespread occurrence of retinoids in water bodies associated with cvanobacteria I blooms dominated
bv diverse species
Ludek Sehnal, Tereza Prochazkova, Marie Smutna, Jiff Kohoutek, Olga Lepsova-Skacelova, Klara Hilscherova, Water
Research, 2019.
Toxins Journal Topical Collection
"Freshwater HABs and Health in a Changing World"
Manuscripts on cyanobacterial exposure assessment; health outcomes; outbreak investigations; wild and domestic
animal poisonings; toxicology of cyanobacterial toxins in animals and humans, production of toxins in the
environment, absorption, distribution, and elimination of toxins in animals and humans, and the control of toxins in
the built and natural environment, are invited. Go to www.mdpi.com and register to login and to submit a
manuscript.

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