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Potential cyanotoxin exposure while recreating during cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and possible exposure mitigation.

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:edi.1589.1
Title:Potential cyanotoxin exposure while recreating during cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and possible exposure mitigation.
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) in lakes and reservoirs often contain cyanotoxins such as microcystins (MC), which can lead to various acute and long-term health complications in humans. During cHABs, MC concentrations can exceed local safety thresholds for recreation, forcing management groups to close public swimming areas. Private beaches and public boat launches may remain open, providing recreators a pathway to contact potentially cytotoxic water. We hypothesized that persons engaged in motorized recreational activities during cHABs could be exposed to measurable quantities of cyanotoxins through repetitive water splashing without full-body immersion, and that weather conditions, innertube pressure, and tow cleat height could affect the MC exposure potential at a eutrophic North American lake with recurring cHABs that is commonly used for motorized recreation. A sampling method simulating a person being towed behind a motorboat on an innertube collecting water splashing was developed. Splash collected contained MC ranging 0.02 to 4.10 µg/L by LC-MS/MS and was highly correlated to the lake surface MC concentration (R2 = 0.95, p < 0.05). Collected splash volumes correlated to wind speed, wave heights, towing cleat height, and degree of tube deflation. Five minutes of tubing from a low cleat with a deflated tube could expose a person to 7.22 µg MC, while using a higher tow cleat and a properly inflated tube decreased the potential MC exposure to 0.04 µg. Recreators on cHAB-prone waters must be informed on safer recreational practices to reduce potential cyanotoxin exposure.

Publication Date:2024-02-23
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People and Organizations
Contact:Beale, Cole (Squam Lakes Association) [  email ]
Creator:Beale, Cole F (Squam Lakes Association)
Creator:Wei, Bofan (SUNY ESF)
Creator:Boyer, Greg L (SUNY ESF)
Creator:Wigdahl-Perry, Courtney R (SUNY Fredonia)
Creator:Yokota, Kiyoko (SUNY Oneonta)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
ExposureMitigation
Description:
Data used for the research paper titled : Potential cyanotoxin exposure while recreating during cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and possible exposure mitigation.
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Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/1589/1/f9612aaf84a7def40bef58225d431881
Name:ExposureMitigation
Description:Data used for the research paper titled : Potential cyanotoxin exposure while recreating during cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and possible exposure mitigation.
Number of Records:28
Number of Columns:6

Table Structure
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Table Column Descriptions
 datelocationminutesecondpreMCtowMCpostMC
Column Name:date  
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minutesecond  
preMC  
towMC  
postMC  
Definition:The date at which an observation was recorded.Physical location on Chautauqua Lake observation was recorded.Time between surface water samples collected.Microcystin concentration in surface water before tow-sample.Collected tow-splash microcystin concentrationMicrocystin concentration in collected surface water sample after tow sample.
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DefinitionLocation A, 42.110797, -79296319
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DefinitionLocation B, 42.115944, -79.334517
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DefinitionLocation C, 42.132505, -79.373512
Source
Definitiontext
UnitmicrogramPerLiter
Typereal
UnitmicrogramPerLiter
Typereal
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Missing Value Code:          
CodeNA
Expldata was not collected this day
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Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)Microcystin, Recreation, Exposure, Mitigation, Cyanobacteria

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

Data was collected in 2021 at Chautauqua Lake, New York, USA between the months of June to October.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@edirepository.org
Web Address:
https://edirepository.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Individual: Cole F Beale
Organization:Squam Lakes Association
Address:
United
Email Address:
cfbeale@gmail.com
Id:https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0324-7400
Individual: Bofan Wei
Organization:SUNY ESF
Email Address:
bwei101@syr.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8746-1266
Individual: Greg L Boyer
Organization:SUNY ESF
Email Address:
glboyer@esf.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4490-5461
Individual: Courtney R Wigdahl-Perry
Organization:SUNY Fredonia
Email Address:
Courtney.Wigdahl@fredonia.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-5698
Individual: Kiyoko Yokota
Organization:SUNY Oneonta
Email Address:
Kiyoko.Yokota@oneonta.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4578-6540
Contacts:
Individual: Cole Beale
Organization:Squam Lakes Association
Email Address:
cfbeale@gmail.com
Id:https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0324-7400

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

No coverage information available

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Potential cyanotoxin exposure while recreating during cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, and possible exposure mitigation.
Personnel:
Individual: Cole F Beale
Organization:Squam Lakes Association
Email Address:
cfbeale@gmail.com
Id:https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0324-7400
Role:Lead Author

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:

This dataset does not need maintenance. If maintenance is needed, contact authors.

Frequency:asNeeded
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