EPA Research on Assessment and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are one of the primary impacts of excess nutrients in water bodies. The HABs research at EPA is focused on detection, toxicity, impacts to humans and biota, and the development of tools to mitigate exposure via predictive modeling and treatment technologies.

Impact/Purpose

EPA's research on harmful algal blooms (HABs) will provide stakeholders and decisionmakers at all levels – including national, regional, state, and local managers – with scientific information and tools to more effectively predict and mitigate HAB formation and exposure through ecological and predictive modeling and treatment techniques, and understand the health risks to humans and other biota. 

Citation

Hilborn, E., N. Dugan, B. Schaeffer, S. Hagerthey, A. Rea, AND B. Rashleigh. EPA Research on Assessment and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms. Interagency Freshwater HAB Research and Development (R&D) Workshop, Narragansett, RI, March 29 - 31, 2022.

• EPA HABS RESEARCH -USACE WORKSHOP 2022_508 TAGGED.PDF (PDF)  (NA  pp, 1.9 MB, about PDF)