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Record W4411183907 · doi:10.5864/d2025-005

A review of prevention and remediation strategies for cyanobacteria blooms in freshwater systems

2025· review· en· W4411183907 on OpenAlexaffvenue
Uchenna Atowa, Jessica Popadynetz, Cecilia Bukutu

Bibliographic record

VenueEnvironmental Health Review · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicEcosystem dynamics and resilience
Canadian institutionsConcordia University of Edmonton
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCyanobacteriaEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental remediationAlgal bloomEcologyBiologyContaminationPhytoplankton

Abstract

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The global increase in cyanobacterial bloom, due to changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem factors poses a significant risk to human health, fisheries, ecosystems, and tourism. Some cyanobacteria produce toxins that alter the biological functions of other organisms. In addition to causing cytotoxicity, neurotoxicity, skin toxicity, and gastrointestinal problems in humans, these toxins can harm the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system. While evidence supports the effective prevention and remediation of cyanobacteria in laboratory settings, the practical implementation of these techniques in natural waters remains unclear. Ecosystem managers are particularly concerned about the potential negative effects of certain techniques on water bodies as well as the financial implications of their application. To bridge this knowledge gap, we systematically searched empirical studies and synthesized strategies used to prevent or manage cyanobacteria in freshwater systems. These strategies include floating treatment of wetlands, hypolimnetic withdrawal, flocculation, coagulation, integrated management of watersheds, hydrologic manipulation, artificial mixing systems, and bio-manipulation. The studies reviewed indicate that effectively limiting external and internal nutrient loading can help prevent and reduce cyanobacteria in freshwater ecosystems. Ultimately, an integrated watershed management approach, combined with targeted strategies to address internal phosphorus loading specific to each aquatic environment, represents an effective practice for preventing and mitigating cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater systems.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.015

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.001
Bibliometrics0.0040.004
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.327
Teacher spread0.309 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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