This program was developed to characterize overall water quality conditions, not necessarily HAB occurrences. When a HAB is encountered during sampling events, digital photographs and water …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can occur throughout Pennsylvania’s waterbodies, particularly during warmer months. Exposure to HABs can cause sickness in animals and humans.

Exposure (i.e. physical contact, inhalation, ingestion) to water, algae or other dietary HAB sources.

What is harmful algal bloom? Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occur when algae multiply quickly in bodies of water, releasing toxins that can be harmful to human and animal health as well as to ecosystems.

HABs can occur under suitable environmental conditions of light, temperature, nutrients, and calm water. These “blooms” often result in a thick coating or “mat” on the surface of a waterbody, often in …

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are the overgrowth of toxin-producing algae or cyanobacteria that afect water quality and can cause harm to people, animals, and the environment. HABs can appear in both …

organisms that make up marine HABs generally do not thrive in lakes. In freshwater, HABs ar. most often associated with blooms of toxin-producing cyanobacteria. The term HAB started to be used …