Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The biophysical processes by which wind‐driven surface waves influence cyanobacterial bloom formation, transport, aerosolization, and termination in lakes represent a major knowledge gap in our understanding of bloom dynamics. We synthesized the literature that examined how waves interact with cyanobacterial bloom processes including: cyanobacterial recruitment to inoculate blooms, sediment nutrient resuspension, the transport, aggregation, and disaggregation of bloom biomass by various wave‐driven physical processes (e.g., Stokes drift, Langmuir circulation), and the aerosolization of bloom biomass and cyanotoxins. Using this synthesis, we present a set of testable hypotheses and concepts that can be used to direct future research to better understand the mechanisms that may regulate wave and bloom interactions. Further, we highlight the differences in spatial and temporal scales that these processes act upon, and argue that mechanistic research into wave and bloom interactions must be applicable to whole ecosystems to be relevant in improving bloom management strategies.
DOI: 10.1002/lol2.70044
Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Chemistry
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,700
Awards: G2228990397, LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin, G6941463435, CAREER: Control Points on nutrient cycling in hypereutrophic lakes, G8599877153, CAREER: Marine Debris at Coastlines: predicting sources from drift, dispersion, and beaching via experiments and multiscale stochastic models
OpenAlex ID: W4412046678