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Methods to Monitor Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Blooms: A Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research

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2017, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
To fulfill the professional experience requirement for a Master of Environmental Science degree at Miami University, I completed a fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR). My work involved investigating data trends of recent Lake Erie harmful algal blooms and potential monitoring methods. Data trends revealed monitoring stations closest to the mouth of the Maumee River had the highest average cyanobacteria concentrations. Bloom biomass distribution tended to favor the surface of the water column but was likely influenced by wind speed in 2016 and 2017. I also compared chlorophyll-a data from a CIGLR-owned bbe FluoroProbe to laboratory extraction data. The bbe FluoroProbe provided consistent results when used in the field and in the laboratory, but generally identified less chlorophyll-a than pigment extraction methods. Additionally, I performed field, laboratory, and analytical work to evaluate commercial in situ fluorometers. Due to proprietary reasons, the individual fluorometer data could not be presented in this report. I provided an example field deployment evaluation for the YSI EXO2 Multiparameter Sonde, a CIGLR-owned fluorometer that was used during the field tests for ancillary data. The EXO2 ultimately had low accuracy when compared to traditional laboratory methods, but both methods produced similar data trends.
Suzanne Zazycki, JD (Advisor)
Bartosz Grudzinski, PhD (Committee Member)
Vanni Michael, PhD (Committee Member)

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  • Fyffe, D. L. (2017). Methods to Monitor Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Blooms: A Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1511971289649061

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fyffe, Deanna. Methods to Monitor Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Blooms: A Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1511971289649061.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fyffe, Deanna. "Methods to Monitor Lake Erie's Harmful Algal Blooms: A Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1511971289649061

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)