BGSU studying fertilizer alternative to combat harmful algal blooms

Research into harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Erie previously has determined the chief culprit is too many nutrients in the watershed due to agricultural runoff, yet the process of preventing HABs is riddled with complexities.

In western Ohio, a Bowling Green State University (BGSU) geochemist, however, is exploring a promising way to mitigate nutrient overflow into the lake using material from the lake as a farm soil amendment.