Cyanobacterial blooms in the Po River basin and the eastern Alps
In this paper, we briefly describe episodes of cyanobacterial blooms that have occurred in lakes of northern Italy since 2000. In addition to listing the species involved in these blooms, we provide information on the trophic and ecological status of the water bodies and the presence of algal toxins. Furthermore, we report an example of a risk assessment effort aimed at developing a quality control system for water intended for human consumption. The use of high-frequency monitoring techniques, integrated with predictive modelling, remote sensing, and molecular analysis for species identification, is becoming increasingly important in the context of the effects of ongoing climate change.
Authors
- Matteo Dossena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-8579)
- Franca Pandolfi
- Elisa Zanut
- Paola Montanari
- Federica Giacomazzi
- Fabio Buzzi
- Samuel Vorhauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-4357)
- Francesca Caviglia
- Ketty Caraffini
- Eleonora Masala
- Damiano Virgilio
- Eugenia Bettoni
- Giorgio Franzini
- Renate Alber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2567-651X)
- Chiara Agostinelli
- Francesco Nastasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1452-437X)
- Elisa Carena
- Andrea Beghi
- Enrico Bressan
- Chiara Zampieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-2895)
- Riccardo Formenti
- Manuela Marchesi
- Pier Luigi Fogliati
- Romana Fumagalli
- Francesca Lazzeri
- Mariano Nasello
- Francesca Vietti
Institutions
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (IT)
- Ospedale di Bolzano (IT)
- CSI Piemonte (IT)
- Fondazione Lanza (IT)
- Lombardia Informatica (Italy) (IT)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Oceanography and Limnology
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2025.12584
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72