SPIROGYRA (No, not the jazz ensemble)

From the WLIC President:

To all:

In doing some research on the green colored algae that we have had several reports on, I have been informed of the following by our Lake Chemist:

It is called SPIROGYRA and is NOT part of the "blue green" algae family. This is good from an ecology standpoint. Our last year's algae was a red looking, blue green algae which can be troublesome to water quality.

Fortunately the Spirogyra tends to be relatively harmless and should dissipate with warm weather. Do to climate, there seems to be a larger amount in our geographic area than usual. What we are seeing at Weatherby Lake is algae that actually is growing under the water surface. When it is going through photosynthesis the oxygen bubbles cause it to rise to the surface. The algae may change color and have more yellow in it before it is gone.

Hopefully this information is helpful.

Thanks,
Joe Ennett