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ScienceDaily: A recent study of harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science show a marked increase in these ecosystem-disrupting events in the past 20 years that are being fed by excess nitrogen runoff from the watershed. While algal blooms have long been of concern, this study is the first to document their increased frequency in the Bay and is a warning that more work is needed to reduce nutrient pollution entering the Bay's waters.......
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Harmful algal blooms Chesapeake Bay are becoming more frequent
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 11th, 2015
Posted in Water Conservation