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Pond Clinic Resources 

Thank you for attending the Pond Maintenance and Algae Control Workshop. We hope you found it to be a beneficial learning experience. Below you will find a recorded version of the webinar, as well as additional resources and pictures. You will also find the contact information for the presenters. You may reach out to them with additional questions. 

Lab Day Instructions

We are looking forward to having a fun and exciting lab day on August 22nd. In order to do so we need to make sure we are following several guidelines.
  • Please arrive at your scheduled time (9 or 11 am). We are limiting the number of participants in each session so that social distancing requirements can be met. 
  • If possible bring a mask, if you forget yours we will have disposable ones available for your use. 
  • Please bring the Pond Maintenance and Algae Control Workshop Waiver with you. We will have copies available for you to sign on the 22nd. 
  • If you have questions regarding the lab day please call Sara Fehring 513-284-8314
Don't forget your pond sample!

Waiver


Recorded Webinar from 8/8/2020


The Good, The Bad & The Managed Field Guide 


Photos 

All photos are from The Good, The Bad & The Managed Field Guide 

Resources

  • Algae Identification Lab Guide by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agri-Environment Services Branch:
    http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2011/agr/A125-8-1-2011-eng.pdf
  • A Field Guide to Common Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania by Bryan Swistock and Susan Boser:
    http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/agrs110.pdf​

Equipment 

  • Pond Master Kit:
    https://www.amazon.com/API-POND-MASTER-Water-500-Test/dp/B0002DJNN0
  • Chemetrics Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Kit:
    https://www.chemetrics.com/product/oxygen-dissolved-chemets-visual-kit/
  • Homemade Stream Sampling Equipment:
    http://eeintennessee.org/Files/eetn/2008/Aquatic/HomemadeStreamTools.pdf

References

  • ​Braig IV, Eugene Charles, Joseph Conroy, Frank Lichtkoppler, William Lynch, Jr., and Linda Merchant-Masonbrink. “Harmful Algal Blooms in Ohio Waters.” Ohio Sea Grant,  January 1, 2011,
             https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/products/ab280/habs-in-ohio-waters.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)-Associated Illness.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 2019,
    https://www.cdc.gov/habs/general.html.
  • Lembi, “ Aquatic Plant Management.” Purdue Extension, May 2003,
    http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ws/ws_21.pdf.
  • Levine, Ira A. and Joel Fleurence, editors. Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention. London, San Diego, Cambridge and Oxford: Academic Press, 2018. Print.
  • Nienaber, Mark and Miriam Steinitz-Kannan. A Guide to Cyanobacteria: Identification and Impact. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2018. Print.
  • Ohio EPA. “Harmful Algae Blooms.” Ohio EPA,
    www.epa.ohio.gov/dsw/HAB.aspx.
  • Perason, L, T. Mihali, M. Moffit, R. Kellman and B. Neilan. “ On the chemistry, toxicology and genetics of the cyanobacterial toxins, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin and cylindrospermopsin.” Mar Drugs. 2010 May 10; 8(5):1650-80.
  • Rodgers, John H. “Algal Toxins in Pond Aquaculture.” Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, November 2008,

PowerPoints

  • Heather Mayfield - Pond Ecology 101
  • Miriam Kannan - The Good, the Bad, & the Managed Algae
  • Aaron Habig - Nutrient Management and Fish Stocking

Contact Information 

Aaron Habig
Hamilton County SWCD
513-772-7645 
Aaron.Habig@hamilton-co.org
Heather Mayfield
Foundation for Ohio River Education 
513-231-7719 ex. 115
hmayfield@orsanco.org
Dr. Miriam Kannan
Professor Emeritus, Northern Kentucky University 
kannan@nku.edu
Sara Fehring
Hamilton County SWCD
513-772-7645
Sara.Fehring@hamilton-co.org

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