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 Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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 Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:05 pm Subject: Some responses... |
Here are some responses to Eileen's questions:
"Question- the article "CA Drinking Water and Environmental Services" says that "destruction/ lysis of the bacteria cells may rele ... |
| Topic: Microcystis Health Effects |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:18 pm Subject: Clear Lake Blooms |
Regarding Clear Lake, there are three major species of blue green algae that bloom there. Microcystis is definitely one of them, so this could have been why there was warning there.
For more infor ... |
| Topic: Microcystis Health Effects |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:29 pm Subject: Microcystis Health Effects |
For folks interested in more information about the health effects of Microcystis, the following website gives a nice, readable summary:
http://www.floridamarine.org/features/view_article.asp?id=252 ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
Replies: 64
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:00 pm Subject: More answers.... |
Basic water quality monitoring (salinity, temperature, oxygen, etc) occurs at quite a few locations in the Delta. Much of the data is available at the following website:
http://www.iep/data.html
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| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:31 pm Subject: Trust me.... |
| Dude, don't trust me because I have a PhD! There are way too many PhD's who haven't a clue about much of anything. Trust me because I spend my spare time planing over sharky waters, clinging to the ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:58 pm Subject: More scum facts.... |
Rob,
Regarding your Memorial Day expeience, the Microcystis blooms progressively increase over the summer with a peak in August & September. May is pretty early for this particular blue-green ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:36 pm Subject: Discovery Bay blooms |
| In response to the question about Discovery Bay, I don't believe that we are doing any sampling there. However, similar "stable" bodies of water have proven to be loaded with Microcystis. E ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:32 pm Subject: More followup... |
| 1. Yes, Dr. Peggy Lehman is the Principal Investigator for the Microcystis study. The data I am sharing comes from her. She and I discussed my concerns about risks to windsurfers before I decided to ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:52 pm Subject: Follow-up responses |
In response to your recent questions and comments:
1) Yes, despite I really am a scientist at DWR. Here is a link for my section's web page, which includes a publications list and some of my proje ... |
| Topic: Health Warning in Delta |
purple
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Forum: Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:12 am Subject: Toxic blooms |
| I am not sure if Sacramento County has been notified, but will check. Solano County should be warned, too. For those of you considering hitting the water, in addition to my previous comments conside ... |
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