MASHPEE Santuit and Ashumet ponds are closed to swimming because of blue-green algae blooms also known as cyanobacteria, which can emit toxins that are harmful to people and wildlife.
The Mashpee Department of Natural Resources provided information to the Mashpee Board of Health about surface algae scum floating in several locations in each pond, which prompted the board to close the ponds to swimming, according to the town s website.
The blue-green algae measurement in Santuit Pond showed a total cell count of 72,300 cells per milliliter and was made up of different cyanobacteria geneses, including 44% with woronichinia, 54% dolichospermum, 1% microcystis and 1% Aphanizomenon, according to the town.
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