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- Title
WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AGAINST TOXIC MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS IN THE DUTCH DELTA.
- Authors
Verspagen, Jolanda M. H.; Passarge, Jutta; Jöhnk, Klaus D.; Visser, Petra M.; Peperzak, Louis; Boers, Paul; Laanbroek, Hendrikus J.; Huisman, Jef
- Abstract
The article examines the water management strategies used against toxic microcystis blooms in the Dutch Delta. Several estuaries have been impounded by the building of dams and sluices to prevent flooding. One of the ecological problems experienced by some water bodies is the former Volkerak estuary that was turned into a freshwater lake. From the previous years, toxic microcystis blooms dominate the phytoplankton of the lake during summer. There are two management strategies being suggested to suppress these harmful algal blossoms. The researchers aim to create an advance assessment regarding these strategies through the development of a mechanistic model of the population dynamics of microcystis.
- Subjects
MICROCYSTIS; DIKES (Engineering); WATER quality management; ESTUARIES; CHROOCOCCACEAE; MICROCYSTIS aeruginosa; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER conservation; WATER quality monitoring
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2006, Vol 16, Issue 1, p313
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/04-1953