Development of cyanobacterial blooms in Italy: towards an integration of scientific research and baseline monitoring

This paper introduces and summarises a selection of contributions that were presented during a workshop on cyanobacterial blooms held at S. Michele all’Adige (Trento) in December 2023. The meeting originated with an increasing interest in a reciprocal exchange of knowledge and experiences between government bodies and research institutions following the widespread cyanobacterial blooms detected in the southern Alpine area and other Italian regions. The papers have been collected in the special issue “Potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms in the southern Alps and the Italian peninsula”.