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Identifying Algal Blooms

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Identifying Algal Blooms

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Algal blooms can have a detrimental effect on fishing, water supplies, tourism and other water related activities. Blooms are occurring more frequently due to agricultural and urban runoff as well as climate change. These factors introduce more nutrients into the water which leads to accelerated eutrophication. Monitoring and identifying harmful algal blooms can be accomplished using NIR spectroscopy for monitoring Case I (open ocean waters with a high concentration of phytoplankton in comparison with other particles) and Case II (lakes, coastal waters, streams, rivers with high turbid water with an abundant occurrence of dissolved organic matter and suspended solids, etc.) bodies of water.

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