The Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms (HCBs) training reviews key information found in the two ITRC HCB Guidance Documents, the 2021 Strategies for Preventing and Managing Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCB-1) and the 2022 companion document focused on benthic HCBs (HCB-2). ITRC’s HCB-2 focuses on the ecology, toxin production, management, and mitigation of benthic HCBs and is a companion document to the HCB-1 document released by ITRC in March 2021.

HCB-2 Training
The Benthic Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom (HCB-2) training provides an overview of benthic cyanobacteria and their management, covering five sections from the ITRC HCB-2 guidance document:

Introduction to the Benthic Cyanobacteria (Section 1)
Cyanotoxins (Section 2)
Monitoring for Benthic Cyanobacteria (Section 3)
Introduction to Treatment Strategies (Section 4)
Communication and Response Planning for Benthic Cyanobacteria (Section 5)