Harmful algal blooms and their eco-environmental indication

Jun Sha; Haiyan Xiong; Chengjun Li; Zhiying Lu; Jichao Zhang; Huan Zhong; Wei Zhang; Bing Yan

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129912

Harmful algal blooms and their eco-environmental indication

Chemosphere. 2021 Jul:274:129912. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129912. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Authors

Jun Sha¹, Haiyan Xiong², Chengjun Li², Zhiying Lu³, Jichao Zhang², Huan Zhong⁴, Wei Zhang⁵, Bing Yan⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China; School of Tourism and Resource Environment, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyun, China.
² Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35924, United States.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: zh_wei@gzhu.edu.cn.
⁶ Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: drbingyan@yahoo.com.

PMID: 33979937
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129912

Abstract

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater lakes and oceans date back to as early as the 19th century, which can cause the death of aquatic and terrestrial organisms. However, it was not until the end of the 20th century that researchers had started to pay attention to the hazards and causes of HABs. In this study, we analyzed 5720 published literatures on HABs studies in the past 30 years. Our review presents the emerging trends in the past 30 years on HABs studies, the environmental and human health risks, prevention and control strategies and future developments. Therefore, this review provides a global perspective of HABs and calls for immediate responses.

Keywords: Algal toxin; CiteSpace; Climate change; Control strategies; Eutrophication.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Harmful Algal Bloom*
Humans
Lakes*