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The Recent Blue-Green Algal Blooms of Long Lake, Washington

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The Water Environment

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Abstract

In 1976 and 1977, toxic blooms of Anabaena flos-aquae occurred in the upper end of Long Lake, Washington, an impoundment of the Spokane River downstream from the city of Spokane. A non-toxic bloom of Microcystis aeruginosa followed in 1978 despite significant reductions in phosphorus loading to the reservoir because of Spokane’s new advanced wastewater treatment facility. Microcystis aeruginosa, Anabaena circinalis and A. spiroides pulsed in 1979, but standing crops were substantially less in magnitude.

It is postulated that abatement programs initiated in an upstream mining district may be the cause for the sudden appearance of cyanophytes in bloom proportions, which were previously minor constituents of the reservoir’s phytoplankton community. Prior to 1976, the A. flos-aquae standing crop potential of the reservoir may not have been achievable because of heavy metal inhibition, regardless of nitrogen and phosphorus availability. However, following advanced wastewater treatment and decreased heavy metal suppression, higher N:P ratios gave a growth advantage to M. aeruginosa in 1978.

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Soltero, R.A., Nichols, D.G. (1981). The Recent Blue-Green Algal Blooms of Long Lake, Washington. In: Carmichael, W.W. (eds) The Water Environment. Environmental Science Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3267-1_11

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