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The main factors which appear to determine the development of blue-green algae blooms are light, temperature, and nutrient concentrations, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. Blooms are more likely to develop in warm, shallow, slow-moving water, but they may also be present below the surface in deeper, cooler water.
