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1987-2018 cyanobacteria and water quality data for 20 reservoirs

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: September 10, 2026 at 06:57 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 19, 2018
These data include cyanobacteria cell densities (including maximum cell densities observed for each year in each reservoir), annual summer (June-August) precipitation, nutrient concentrations, and May-October surface water temperatures, deep water temperatures, and deep water dissolved oxygen concentrations. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Smucker, N., J. Beaulieu, C. Nietch, and J. Young. Increasingly severe cyanobacterial blooms and deep water hypoxia coincide with warming water temperatures in reservoirs. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA, 27(11): 2507-2519, (2021).

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description These data include cyanobacteria cell densities (including maximum cell densities observed for each year in each reservoir), annual summer (June-August) precipitation, nutrient concentrations, and May-October surface water temperatures, deep water temperatures, and deep water dissolved oxygen concentrations. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Smucker, N., J. Beaulieu, C. Nietch, and J. Young. Increasingly severe cyanobacterial blooms and deep water hypoxia coincide with warming water temperatures in reservoirs. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA, 27(11): 2507-2519, (2021).
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identifier https://doi.org/10.23719/1503175
keyword 
[
  "Algae",
  "Harmful Algal Blooms",
  "Hypoxia",
  "Oxygen",
  "cyanobacteria",
  "human health",
  "lakes",
  "nitrogen",
  "nutrients",
  "phosphorus",
  "seasonality",
  "temperature",
  "water quality"
]
license https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
modified 2018-11-19
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  "020:096"
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  "name": "U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)",
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    "name": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
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references 
[
  "https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15618"
]
rights 
null
title 1987-2018 cyanobacteria and water quality data for 20 reservoirs

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