Satellite and <i>in situ</i> cyanobacteria monitoring: Understanding the impact of monitoring frequency on management decisions.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) in reservoirs can be transported to downstream waters via scheduled discharges. Transport dynamics are difficult to capture in traditional cyanoHAB monitoring, which can be spatially disparate and temporally discontinuous. The introduction of satellite remote sensing for cyanoHAB monitoring provides opportunities to detect where cyanoHABs occur in relation to reservoir release locations, like canal inlets. The study objectives were to assess (1) differences in reservoir cyanoHAB frequencies as determined by in situ and remotely sensed data and (2) the feasibility of using satellite imagery to identify conditions associated with release-driven cyanoHAB export. As a representative case, Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie Estuary (Florida,

SUBMITTER: Reynolds N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807294 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature