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1. Overview
1. Overview
1.1 Our Goals in Developing This Guidance
2. Using this Guidance for Cyanobacterial Bloom Response
3. Introduction to the Cyanobacteria
3. Introduction to the Cyanobacteria
3.1 What Are Cyanobacteria?
3.2 Health, Environment, and Economic Impacts
3.3 Cyanobacteria Biological Functions and Environmental Interactions
3.4 Understanding Your Water Body and Developing an HCB Management Plan
4. Monitoring
4. Monitoring
4.1 HCB Monitoring
4.2 Developing a Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program
4.3 Approaches to Monitoring
4.4 Selecting Appropriate Sample Collection Methods for Your Lake’s HCB Event
4.5 Water Quality Monitoring to Support Cyanobacteria Management
4.6 Examples of Recreational and Drinking Water Monitoring Approaches for Cyanobacteria
5. Strategies for Communication and Response Planning for HCBs
5. Strategies for Communication and Response Planning for HCBs
5.1 Immediate Communication and Response Tasks
5.2 Build, Improve, and Maintain Response Capacity
6. Management and Control Strategies for HCBs
6. Management and Control Strategies for HCBs
6.1 Summary Table
7. Strategies for Use in Nutrient Management
7. Strategies for Use in Nutrient Management
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Environmental Regulatory and Nonregulatory/Voluntary Programs for Nutrient Control
7.3 Source Identification and Prioritization
7.4 Linking Nutrients to Land Use
7.5 Point Sources
7.6 Nonpoint Sources
7.7 Water Quality Trading
8. Recommendations
8. Recommendations
8.1 Overall understanding of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins and their potential impacts
8.2 HCB Monitoring
8.3 Strategic Communication and Response Planning
8.4 HCB Management and Control Strategies
8.5 HCB Prevention Through Nutrient Reduction
References
Appendix
Appendix A. Visual Guide to Common Harmful Cyanobacteria
Appendix B. North American Lake Management Society survey on HCB notification/outreach
Appendix C. Management Strategy Fact Sheets
C.1 Management Strategy Fact Sheets
C.2 Cost Compilation for Several Mitigation Strategies
C.3 Abridged Strategies
Appendix D. Team Contacts
Appendix E. Glossary
Appendix F. Acronyms
Additional Information
Acknowledgments
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Appendix F. Acronyms

AFO                Animal Feeding Operation

ALS                Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

ARSET           Applied Remote Sensing Training

BMP               Best Management Practice

BOD               Biological Oxygen Demand

CAFO             Confined Animal Feeding Operation

CDC               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

COD               Chemical Oxygen Demand

CWA              Clean Water Act

DNA               Deoxyribonucleic Acid

dPCR              Digital PCR

ELISA            Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay

ESA                Endangered Species Act

ESP                 Environmental Sample Processor

FDA                Food and Drug Administration

FIFRA            Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

GIS                 Geographic Information Systems

HAB               Harmful Algal Bloom

HARRNESS  Harmful Algal Research and Response National Environmental Science Strategy

HCB               Harmful Cyanobacterial Bloom

HPLC             High Performance Liquid Chromatography

HUC               Hydrologic Unit Code

LC                   Liquid Chromatography

MS4                Municipal separate storm sewer system

MS                  Mass Spectrometry

MSI                 Multispectral Instrument

NALMS          North America Lake Management Society

NASA             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NOAA            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES           National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NRCS             Natural Resource Conservation Service

NST                Nutrient Source Tracking

OHHABS       One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System

OLCI              Ocean Land Colour Instrument

PCR                Polymerase Chain Reaction

PPE                 Personal Protective Equipment

PPIA               Protein Phosphatase Inhibition Assay

PS                   Point Source

PWS                Public Water System

QAPP             Quality Assurance Project Plan

qPCR              Quantitative PCR

RFU                Relative Fluorescence Unit

RT-qPCR        Real-Time Quantitative PCR

SDWA            Safe Drinking Water Act

SeaDAS          Sea-viewing wide field of view Sensor Data Analysis System

SNAP             Sentinel Application Platform

SPATT            Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking

TMDL             Total Maximum Daily Load

UAS                Unmanned Aircraft System

USACE          United States Army Corps of Engineers

USEPA           United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS          United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS             United States Geological Survey

UV                  Ultraviolet

WQS               Water Quality Standards

WQT               Water Quality Trading

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