Using an Imaging Particle Analyzer - Ohiowater.org

Know Your Lake or Reservoir• Trending analysis (Is this year better or worse than pastyears?)• Cause and effects (If we get x-amount of rain, how doesthe algae respond)?• Ecological Assessment (Are the zooplankton at a levelthat has controlled algae in the past? Or Why are all thezooplankton gone?)• When is your lake the most vulnerable? (Different timesof the year are more vulnerable to nutrient inputs thanother times).• Early detection sampling will alert you for whensomething is going wrong!