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Marked blue discoloration of late winter ice and water due to autumn blooms of cyanobacteria

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LAKE AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
卷 38, 期 1, 页码 1-15

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2021.1992544

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Aphanizomenon; C-phycocyanin; cyanobacteria; fall bloom; HPLC; remote sensing; Sentinel 2 MSI; Sentinel 3 OLCI

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  1. NSERC Canada Discovery Grants program
  2. Canada Research Chairs
  3. Canada Foundation for Innovation
  4. Province of Saskatchewan
  5. University of Regina

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This study reported the marked blue discoloration of ice and water in prairie lakes in late winter 2021, caused by the high concentration release of cyanobacterial pigment. The phenomenon raised public concerns over eutrophication, pollution, and climate change, leading to rapid governmental and academic response. Consideration should be given to the increasing frequency of cyanobacterial blooms in eutrophic lakes subject to ice cover.
Haig HA, Chegoonian AM, Davies J-M, Bateson D, Leavitt PR. 2021. Marked blue discoloration of late winter ice and water due to autumn blooms of cyanobacteria. Lake Reserv Manage. XX:XXX-XXX. Continued eutrophication of inland waters by nutrient pollution can combine with unprecedented atmospheric and lake warming to create emergent environmental surprises. Here we report the first known occurrence of marked blue discoloration of ice and water in highly eutrophic prairie lakes during late winter 2021. Intense blue staining was reported first to governmental agencies by ice fishers in early March 2021, then communicated widely through social media, resulting in First Nations and public concern over potential septic field release, toxic spills, urban pollution, and agricultural mismanagement. Analysis of water from stained and reference sites using ultraviolet (UV)-visible spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography demonstrated that the blue color arose from high concentrations (similar to 14 mg/L) of the cyanobacterial pigment C-phycocyanin that was released after an unexpected bloom of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in late October 2020 was frozen into littoral ice. Remote sensing using the Sentinel 3 A/B OLCI and Sentinel 2 A/B MSI satellite platforms suggested that blue staining encompassed 0.68 +/- 0.24 km(2) (4.25 +/- 1.5% of lake surface area), persisted over 4 weeks, and was located within 50 m of the lakeshore in regions where fall blooms of cyanobacteria had been particularly dense. Although toxin levels were low (similar to 0.2 mu g microcystin/L), high concentrations of C-phycocyanin raised public concern over eutrophication, pollution, and climate change, and resulted in rapid governmental and academic response. Given that climate change and nutrient pollution are increasing the magnitude and duration of cyanobacterial blooms, blue staining of lake ice may become widespread in eutrophic lakes subject to ice cover.

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