Fowler pens feature on harmful algal blooms for Park Science magazine
Rachel Fowler, biology laboratory coordinator at the University of Maine, wrote a story featured in Park Science magazine on a study in which she led that aimed to understand the vulnerability of lakes in Acadia National Park to harmful algal blooms. The study showed that two lakes in Acadia that supply public drinking water were at risk of developing harmful algal blooms. From those results, the researchers developed an early warning system to identify the most susceptible lakes.