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21 November 2018 / Phys.org / The University of Michigan
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Lake Erie algal blooms 'seeded' internally by overwintering cells in lake-bottom sediments

Western Lake Erie, United States

Western Lake Erie's annual summer algal blooms are triggered, at least in part, by cyanobacteria cells that survive the winter in lake-bottom sediments, then emerge in the spring to "seed" the next year's bloom, according to a research team led by University of Michigan scientists.


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