RE: BEACHNET==> Incredible picture of submerged Cladophora

["Susan Mihalo" <smihal763@verizon.net>]

A bill has been introduced this legislative session in Indiana to ban
phosphorus in dishwasher detergent.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2008/HB/HB1120.1.html

Let us know what else we can do to help stop the spread of this algae. We
need public outreach on clean water.  For example, recently I developed and
mailed a publication addressing many of the same water quality issues
mentioned in the Michigan Environmental Council publication.  If anyone is
interested in seeing a copy of "Every Drop Counts" let me know.

Susan MiHalo
Town of Ogden Dunes, IN

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net [mailto:owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net]
On Behalf Of KUSS, MICHAEL
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:56 PM
To: Rick Wilson; mclellan@uwm.edu; Richard L Whitman
Cc: beachnet@great-lakes.net
Subject: RE: BEACHNET==> Incredible picture of submerged Cladophora

Here in Indiana, we have noticed laundry soap containing more than the
allowable amount of phosphorus.  You may want to check at some of the
off named stores. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net
[mailto:owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Rick Wilson
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:29 PM
To: mclellan@uwm.edu; Richard L Whitman
Cc: beachnet@great-lakes.net
Subject: RE: BEACHNET==> Incredible picture of submerged Cladophora

Also see the report "Something's Amuck, Algae Blooms Return to Michigan
Shores" (June 2006) by the Michigan Environmental Council, which has
more on this problem and what can be done to solve it. 
 http://www.mecprotects.org/algae062006.pdf


Rick Wilson
Coastal Management Coordinator
Surfrider Foundation
PO Box 6010
San Clemente, CA 92674-6010
949-492-8170
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net
[mailto:owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of mclellan@uwm.edu
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:37 AM
To: Richard L Whitman
Cc: beachnet@great-lakes.net
Subject: Re: BEACHNET==> Incredible picture of submerged Cladophora

That's a great photo!  The diver is Harvey Bootsma,from The Great Lakes
WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, who was working with
Brenda on that side of the lake. Harvey has several funded projects to
study the drivers behind the Cladophora growth, including one project
that mapped the Cladophora beds along the Southeastern Wisconsin
shoreline with aerial photography (in collaboration with John Janssen,
funded by Wisconsin Coastal Management Program), some of these pictures
and other great info can be found on their web
site:
http://www.glwi.uwm.edu/research/aquaticecology/cladophora/

Sandra McLellan
Great Lakes WATER Institute


Quoting Richard L Whitman <rwhitman@usgs.gov>:

>  Attached is a photo of NPS divers in 20+ feet of water on the bottom 
> of Lake Michigan off Sleeping Bear Dunes showing Cladophora dominating

> the bottom.
> Photo from Brenda Moraska Lafrancois.
>
> The occurrence of Cladophora and possible association of pathogenic 
> bacteria is currently being investigated by several investigators
>
>
>
>



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