April 3, 2025|
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|8 months agoSwiss Research Reveals Complex Nature of Toxic Algae Control
Federal Institute finds no universal solution for combating toxic algae blooms in Swiss lakes, highlighting need for lake-specific approaches
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- There is no universal solution for treating toxic blue-green algae blooms in Swiss lakes
- Blue-green algae are actually bacteria (cyanobacteria), not true algae
- Researchers analyzed 850 samples from Lake Greifensee
- Traditional monitoring methods using chlorophyll pigments proved ineffective for Lake Greifensee
By The Numbers
850
water samples analyzed
4
biomolecules identified for prediction in Lake Greifensee
They Said
"Methods for predicting algae blooms that work in one lake can fail completely in another"