Winter survey data from Lake Erie from Feb 2022 to Mar 2022

<p><strong>Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health</strong></p> <p>The Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health is a five-year, multi-institutional effort aimed at understanding the environmental factors and ongoing changes that influence the growth and toxicity of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) in Lake Erie. The Center will support three research projects. Specifically these projects address the following aims: first, how environmental cues promote or constrain the proliferation of cHAB species in mixed populations; second, how environmental cues influence toxin production by cHAB species; third, how other member of the microbial assemblage influence cHAB growth and toxicity. The Center will provide a Community Engagement Core to lead outreach activities that will inform the general public on the effects of cHABs by efforts that include: (1) a community engaged scholarship training for scientists associated with the Center, (2) community-engaged scholarship training for practitioners or community members associated with the Center, and (3) a stakeholder needs assessment for Great Lakes and environmental health literacy to inform general outreach information needs. A citizen science engagement with charter boat captains will further develop a near real-time database on cHAB severity in Lake Erie, and the Facilities Core will provide metadata that not only serve the three stated research projects, but also yield a database available to all Great Lakes scientists. The outcomes are to involve community stakeholders and researchers in the Great Lakes on issues regarding human health, climate change and awareness of threats to our fresh water resources.</p><p><strong>伊利湖淡水与人类健康中心（Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health）</strong></p><p>伊利湖淡水与人类健康中心是一项为期五年的多机构合作项目，旨在解析影响伊利湖蓝藻有害藻华（cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms，cHABs）生长与毒性的环境因素及动态变化。该中心将支持三项研究课题，具体研究目标如下：其一，环境信号如何促进或限制混合种群中蓝藻有害藻华物种的增殖；其二，环境信号如何影响蓝藻有害藻华物种的毒素产生；其三，微生物群落的其他成员如何调控蓝藻有害藻华的生长与毒性。该中心将设立社区参与核心（Community Engagement Core）负责开展科普推广活动，通过以下举措向公众普及蓝藻有害藻华的危害：（1）为中心关联科研人员提供社区参与式学术培训；（2）为中心关联从业者或社区居民提供社区参与式学术培训；（3）针对五大湖（Great Lakes）区域开展利益相关者需求评估与环境健康素养调研，以明确科普信息的实际需求。此外，通过与包租船船长开展公民科学合作项目，将进一步构建伊利湖蓝藻有害藻华严重程度的近实时数据库；设施核心（Facilities Core）将提供元数据，这些元数据不仅可服务于前述三项既定研究课题，还将形成可供所有五大湖科研人员使用的公开数据库。本项目的最终目标是联合五大湖区域的利益相关方与科研人员，围绕人类健康、气候变化及淡水资源威胁认知等议题开展相关工作。</p>