CYANOMONITORING
PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINED
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MONITORING
SURFACE WATERS FOR CYANOBACTERIA
- Why monitor cyanobacteria populations?
- What methods are used for monitoring?
- What can be learned from cyanoMonitoring?
Our cyanoMontoring program goes beyond cyanobacteria bloom events to monitor cyanobacteria populations over time. A long-term systematic approach to understanding how cyanobacteria respond to environmental conditions is the best way to learn how and why problems may occur.
The cyanoMonitoring approach involves the periodic collection of water using an integrated tube sampling device. This water is run through a fluorometer to determine the amount of chlorophyll (found in all phytoplankton) and phycocyanin (found commonly in cyanobacteria).
Observing chlorophyll and phycocyanin patterns over time provides details about cyanobacteria populations change throughout the year. If we can understand how cyanobacteria populations vary with water conditions, it may be possible to predict the appearance of blooms.
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