GLRI Wildlife Health Event Reporter (GLRI-WHER): The Beach Manager’s Manual Harmful Algal Blooms

Monday, June 25, 2012

The Beach Manager’s Manual Harmful Algal Blooms

Harmful algal blooms, commonly referred to as HABs, are an environmentally complex problem throughout the world. HABs can cause fish kills, foul up nearby coastlines and produce conditions that pose health risks to aquatic life, as well as humans.

In a joint effort, Michigan Sea Grant and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant authored the publication, The Beach Manager’s Manual: Harmful Algal Blooms. This eight-page manual provides useful information to help beach managers and other community members prevent HABs and keep their beaches safe so that these recreational areas can be enjoyed by all.

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GLRI-WHER Mission

This site provides news and information about the online tool, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - Wildlife Health Event Reporter (GLRI-WHER). The application was designed to enable the public to submit observations of sick, injured or dead wildlife, as well as environmental observations on the shores of the Great Lakes.

Injured or dead wildlife, as well as evidence of algal blooms, can be an indication that an area is being affected by a Botulism outbreak. Botulism Type C has been known to cause extensive waterfowl mortality in the western United States since the early 1900s. Botulism Type E's appearance in the Great Lakes began in the early 1960s in Lakes Huron and Michigan.

Over the years, the incidences of botulism in the Great Lakes have increased steadily, and in the 1998-2001 period was responsible for the deaths of thousands of birds in Lakes Huron and Erie. Scientists working in state, federal, and non-profit agencies are looking for your help to identify events that could be important in research on Avian Botulism and protecting birds from this disease.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

The Beach Manager’s Manual Harmful Algal Blooms

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