Sarah L. Bartlett

TL;DR: It is found that in Midwest and Northeast North America, most urban lakes and rural lakes that are surrounded by >1% impervious land cover show increasing chloride trends, and many lakes will exceed the aquatic life threshold criterion for chronic chloride exposure in the next 50 y if current trends continue.

TL;DR: Understanding how cyanobacterial toxins are distributed across eutrophic lakes may shed light onto the ecological function of these metabolites, provide valuable information for their remediation and removal, and aid in the protection of public health.

TL;DR: Information is summarized on the occurrence of cyanoHABs in the Great Lakes, toxicological effects of cyanotoxins, and appropriate numerical limits on cyanOToxins in finished drinking water for safe recreational aquatic environments and the production of potable drinking water.

TL;DR: A comprehensive inventory of ecosystem services across the entire Great Lakes basin is currently lacking and is needed to make informed management decisions, and formation of a Great Lakes Institute for Ecosystem Services to provide a hub for research, meetings, and training is desirable.

TL;DR: Temporal trends in MCs, Cpts, and Apts in the two raw drinking water intakes were significantly correlated with measures of cell abundance, UV absorbance, and turbidity in surface water and underscores the need to determine the fate of less studied cyanobacterial metabolites during drinking water treatment that may exacerbate toxicity of more well-known cyanob bacterial toxins.