Blue-green algae (BGA), also known as cyanobacteria, can range in colors from blues, greens, reds, and black. BGA can reduce nitrogen and carbon in water, but can also deplete dissolved oxygen when overabundant. Monitoring BGA is important because they pose a serious threat to water quality, ecosystem stability, surface drinking water supplies, and public health through toxin production and the large biomass produced in algal blooms.
YSI measures blue-green algae in real-time through the in vivo fluorometry technique. This method directly detects the fluorescence of a specific pigment in living algal cells and determines relative algal biomass. The BGA sensor does not receive interference from chlorophyll or turbidity.
Algae Measurement Options:
Handheld Sampling with ProDSS
New! ProDSS Total Algae-Phycocyanin (Freshwater) Sensor
New! ProDSS Total Algae-Phycoerythrin (Saltwater) Sensor
Long Term Monitoring with EXO Sondes
Continuous Monitoring with Buoy Profiling Systems
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The Basics of Chlorophyll Measurement in Surface Water
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Blue-Green Algae Monitoring Applications
Robust Monitoring System in a Small Compact Design
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Phycoerythrin - Saltwater
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ProDSS Total Algae PC Phycocyanin Freshwater Smart Sensor
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ProDSS Total Algae PE Phycoerythrin Saltwater Smart Sensor