Public health concerns
with blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms
Discover why cyanobacteria can be a problem in
Washington's lakes.
Cyanobacteria identification
Technical information about how to identify the following
cyanobacterial genera.
This site provides
information about toxic cyanobacteria and symptoms of
cyanobacterial toxin poisonings.
Link to the Washington Department of Health's field and
laboratory guide for toxic cyanobacteria in Washington (PDF
file)
The Washington Department of Health has developed statewide
recreational guidelines for toxic cyanobacterial blooms.
Click here to see the final
recreational guidelines for
microcystin and anatoxin-a.
Search this database to see which Washington water bodies
experience toxic algae blooms.
Ecology has set up a list serve for freshwater algae. The
Freshwater Algae Program List serve will act as an information
exchange and discussion forum about freshwater algae in
Washington. A list serve is a program that allows people to send
email to one address, which automatically resends that message
to all of the other subscribers on the list. If you would like
to join the list click here for
directions on how to subscribe to the list.
This California site provides links to cyanobacterial
programs in other states and the World Health Organization.
This site provides an overview of cyanobacteria, their
toxins, and other problem algae.
