Algal Bloom Research

Publications

Soleymani Hasani, S., Arias, M.E., Nguyen, H. Q., Tarabih, O. M., Welch, Z., & Zhang, Q. (2024). Leveraging explainable machine learning for enhanced management of lake water quality. Journal of Environmental Management, 370, 122890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122890  

Phlips EJ, Badylak S, Milbrandt EC, Stelling B, Arias ME., Armstrong C, Behlmer T, Chappel A, Foss A, Kaplan D, et al. 2025. Fate of a toxic Microcystis aeruginosa bloom introduced into a subtropical estuary from a flow-managed canal and management implications. J of Environmental Management. 375:124362. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124362.

Menchú-Maldonado M, Kaplan D, Arias ME, Milbrandt E, Morrison E, Phlips E, Nelson NG. 2025. Day-ahead statistical forecasting of algal bloom risk to support reservoir release decisions in a highly engineered watershed. Journal of Environmental Management. 376:124327. Doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124327.

Nguyen, HQ., Arias, ME, Zhang, Q., Tarabih, OM*, Phlips, E., Armstrong, C., Sun, D. A Comparative Analysis of Data-Driven Modeling Approaches to Forecast Cyanobacteria Algal Blooms in Eutrophic Lake Discharge Canals. 380: 124834. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124834

Tarabih, O. M., Arias, M. E., Nguyen, H. Q., Soleymani Hasani, S., Kaplan, D. A., & Zhang, Q. (2025). Optimizing reservoir operations to mitigate nutrient and phytoplankton exports from a eutrophic lake. Water Resources Research, 61(7), e2025WR040373. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR040373

Hewageegana, V.H., M. Olabarrieta, and J.M. Gonzalez-Ondina. 2023. Main Physical Processes Affecting the Residence Times of a Micro-Tidal Estuary. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(7), p. 1333.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071333

Tarabih, O.M., Dang, T.D., Paudel, R. and Arias, M.E., 2023. Lake operation optimization of nutrient exports: Application of phosphorus control in the largest subtropical lake in the United States. Environmental Modelling & Software, 160, p.105603.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105603

Montefiore, L. R., Kaplan, D., Phlips, E. J., Milbrandt, E. C., Arias, M. E., Morrison, E., & Nelson, N. G. (2024). Downstream Nutrient Concentrations Depend on Watershed Inputs More Than Reservoir Releases in a Highly Engineered Watershed. Water Resources Research, 60(3), e2023WR035590.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035590