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algal bloom

Explosive growth of algae in water over-enriched by nutrients from sewage, artificial fertilizers, etc. Effects can include the mass death of fish.

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Be sure to keep your dogs on a leash during weather conditions that might promote a toxic algae bloom, San Filippo recommended.

Toxic Pond Algae Is Killing Dogs -- How to Protect Your Pooch

People are cautioned that toxins may persist in the water after the blue-green algae bloom is no longer visible.

United States : RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Seven Waterbodies, Including Three in Roger Williams Park due to Blue-green Algae

I've seen warnings to not let dogs drink out of the water during an algae bloom. Would this also be a concern for humans consuming the harvested plants?

Aquaponics Questions

But what makes the algae bloom has fueled a public debate as people worry that their quality of life and the future of Florida--which relies on a beautiful, healthy environment more than most other states--are at stake.

Vote for the Environment

From July 1 to August 30, a total of 48 dolphins have been found dead in southwest Florida, as a harmful algae bloom known as red tide killed hundreds of tons of fish from Naples to Tampa, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Dead dolphins, diseased seals wash up on US shores

Years ago, while editing In-Fisherman's Walleye In-Sider magazine and covering the company's Professional Walleye Trail, I tailored some of the PWT pros' algae bloom tactics to my home waters a short cast north of Minneapolis and struck walleye gold.

Green Gold: ALGAE CONNECTION WALLEYES

A photographer captured this huge algae bloom off the Welsh coast.

Bloom with a view as pilot spots algae off coast

The phenomenon is caused by an algae bloom called bioluminescent phytoplankton that lights up when the microorganisms move through the sea as the waves crashes. It's called a red tide, which is unpredictable, because the reflection of light off the tiny creatures' bodies gives the water a red tint.

Bioluminescence Seen After Red Tide Develops Off San Diego Coast

The warning comes against the backdrop of the algae bloom that is noticed off the coast of Oman during winter.

Report fish kill, if any, off Oman coast: Ministry of agriculture and fisheries

"Before, confirming if there was an algae bloom meant someone had to go there and take a sample," Ross said.

Algae makes monitoring business bloom

Andrew Reeves, A\J's water columnist, shares with us the tragic (and on-going) story of the Lake Erie algae bloom crisis, its roots in factory-farming and over-fertilization, and the steps that are being taken to try to keep 2017 from being the worst year ever for toxic algae blooms.

Food & food resiliency

It was thought it was an an algae bloom, which sees a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae.