Prediction of Nuisance Blue-Green Algal Growth in North Carolina Waters

摘要

In the State of North Carolina, nuisance blooms of blue-green algae have caused water quality problems in the Chowan and Neuse Rivers, and the potential for similar blue- green problems is still an unresolved question in new impoundments such as the B. E. Jordan and the Falls of the Neuse Reservoirs. Few general models have yet been developed for the prediction and the management of the blue-green algal blooms in freshwaters. However, Smith (1985) has recently developed a set of empirical models predicting the summer mean biomass of blue-green algae (mm3 m-3), models predicting the relative biomass of blue-greens in the phytoplankton (Smith 1986).