Blue-green algae blooms have played a key role in Diamond Lake’s poor water quality before the September 2006 rotenone treatment. Toxic blue-green algae blooms closed the lake to water contact during portions of the summers of 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006, 2009 and 2010. For more information, please see the following links:
Fishing and blue-green algae blooms (pdf)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Harmful Algal Blooms
Blue-green Algae Advisories
Wikipedia Cyanobacteria
Introduction to the Cyanobacteria
Blue-green Algae Information Bulletin (pdf) |