Press release 2016-08-04 at 12:42
Cyanobacteria in the water © Photo: Seppo Knuuttila SYKE
Amount of cyanobacteria has considerably decreased since last week in the Finnish sea area and lakes. Extensive cyanobacteria surface blooms still exist in the Archipelago Sea. In lakes, there are fewer observations on cyanobacteria than usually in the beginning of August. Individual abundant surface blooms have however been observed in some lakes.
Large map of the week's 31 algal situation
More information:
Sea areas
Researcher Johanna Oja, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (till August 5)
tel +358 295 251 475, firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi
Researcher Heidi Hällfors, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (from August 8)
tel +358 295 251 114, firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi
Lakes
Limnologist Sari Mitikka, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (till August 5)
tel +358 295 251 430, firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi
Special researcher Marko Järvinen, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (from August 8)
tel +358 295 251 241, firstname.lastname@ymparisto.fi