Aquatic Plant Management Society

2022 Meeting - Session I

Special Session – Status and Future Outlook of Harmful Algal Blooms

Tuesday, July 19, 8:00am – 12:00pm

Moderator: Dr. Brett Hartis – APMS President Elect (Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, NC)

08:00 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks
08:05 AM

Presidential Address

Dr. Ryan Thum

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

08:15 AM

Controlling Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms? the “Elephant in the Room”.

JoAnn M. Burkholder

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

08:45 AM

Human Health Effects of Freshwater HABs: A One Health Issue.

Geoffrey I. Scott

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

09:05 AM

Transforming Our Approach to Harmful Algal Bloom Management.

West Bishop1, Mark A. Heilman2

1SePRO Corporation, Whitakers, NC
2SePRO Corporation, Carmel, IN

09:25 AM

Environmental Conditions Triggering Germination of Overwintering Cyanobacteria: A Review.

Alyssa J. Calomeni1, Andrew D. McQueen1, Ciera M. Kinley-Baird2, Gerard A. Clyde3

1US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
2Aquatic Control, Inc., Seymour, IN
3US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK

09:45 AM

Monitoring Overwintering Cyanobacteria in Sediments from Three HAB Impacted Waterbodies.

Andrew D. McQueen1, Alyssa J. Calomeni1, Ciera M. Kinley-Baird2, Gerard (Tony) A. Clyde3

1US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
2Aquatic Control, Inc., Seymour, IN
3US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK

10:05 AMBreak
10:20 AM

Integration of Preventative Algaecide Treatments into Current Harmful Algal Bloom Management Strategies.

Ciera M. Kinley-Baird1, Andrew D. McQueen2, Alyssa J. Calomeni2, Gerard A. Clyde3

1Aquatic Control, Inc., Seymour, IN
2US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
3US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK

10:40 AM

A Role for Legacy Phosphorous in Driving Microseira (Lyngbya) Growth.

Tryston Metz, Samuel P. Putnam, Timothy J. Shaw, Geoff I. Scott, John L. Ferry

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

11:00 AM

Mitigating HAB Blooms in the Western United States.

Terence M. McNabb

Aquatechnex, LLC, Bellingham, WA

11:20 AM

Recent Chemical Management of Microseira (Lyngbya) on Lake Gaston, NC/VA.

Jessica R. Baumann, Robert J. Richardson

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

11:40 AM

SCDHEC and Harmful Algal Blooms.

Taylor V. Shearer

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC