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Potential Remedies

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Temperature/Light Monitoring

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Cyanobacteria are found to thrive most at higher light levels due to their photo-protective function,[1] and these elevated temperatures allow for toxic cyanobacteria strains to flourish substantially, outgrowing other aquatic life such as diatoms and green algae;[2] in addition, chlorophyll-a and pheophytin-a algal pigments were found to increase in the day but remain stagnant in the night, with no significant level of production occurring at night.[3] Vertical mixing has effects that reduce the factors that lead to HAB production.

  1. ^ Dahm, Clifford N.; Parker, Alexander E.; Adelson, Anne E.; Christman, Mairgareth A.; Bergamaschi, Brian A. (2016). "Nutrient Dynamics of the Delta: Effects on Primary Producers". San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 14 (4). doi:10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss4art4.
  2. ^ Dahm, Clifford N.; Parker, Alexander E.; Adelson, Anne E.; Christman, Mairgareth A.; Bergamaschi, Brian A. (2016). "Nutrient Dynamics of the Delta: Effects on Primary Producers". San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 14 (4). doi:10.15447/sfews.2016v14iss4art4.
  3. ^ Volkmar, Emily C. “Using Lagrangian Sampling to Study Water Quality during Downstream Transport in the San Luis Drain, California, USA.” Diel Biogeochemical Processes in Terrestrial Waters, vol. 283, no. 1–2, Apr. 2011, pp. 68–77. EBSCOhost, https://0-doi.org.pacificatclassic.pacific.edu/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.029.