2003 & 2004 Golden Alga Projects

In addition to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife Grant awarded to TPWD, research projects were funded through a Texas Legislature authorization of $600,000 per year for two years (from September 2003 through August 2005) for projects addressing priority needs for the understanding and management of golden alga in Texas. This money was raised through user-based fees, specifically the licenses that fishermen pay to fish in Texas. Projects funded include the following:

Research/Studies Progressing under the State Wildlife Grant number T-14-P:

• Development of a DNA-based Assay & Partial Genome Analysis of Prymnesium parvum
  Dr. John W. La Claire II, University of Texas at Austin
• Statewide Survey for Prymnesium parvum - Progress Report
  Loraine Fries, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Historic Data Assessment of Golden Alga Fish Kills - Progress Report
  Liz Singhurst and members of the Kills and Spills Team, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Research/Studies Progressing under the Texas Legislatively-authorized funds:

• Concentrated Monitoring of a Prymnesium parvum Bloom - Progress Report
  David Buzan, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Effects of Barley Straw and Liquid Live Micro-Organisms on Density and Ichthyotoxicity of Prymnesium parvum in hatchery ponds
  Dr. Aaron Barkoh, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Developing a Predictive Understanding of Prymnesium parvum Toxic Bloom Formation and its Control - Major Findings
  Dr. Richard L. Kiesling (US Geological Survey),
  Dr. Bryan W. Brooks (Baylor University),
  Dr. James P. Grover (University of Texas at Arlington),
  Dr. Daniel L. Roelke (Texas A&M University)
• Estimating the Economic Impacts of Golden Algae (Prymnesium parvum) on Recreational Fishing at Possum Kingdom Lake
  Final Report (PDF 328 KB)
  Dr. Robert B. Ditton, Texas A&M University
• Testing and Evaluation of Clays and Chemical Flocculants for Management of Prymnesium parvum Blooms in Texas
  Final Report (PDF 458.3 KB)
  
  Dr. Donald M. Anderson (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  Dr. Mario R. Sengco (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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