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Urea-based Fertilizer Promotes Blue-Green Algal Blooms in Sarasota Bay ...
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In Florida, urea is used as a fertilizer for animal feeds, citrus crops, and lawns (Obreza, et al 1993). Recent increases in global urea usage have ...
Owner of Puerto Rico Superfund Site Agrees to Contamination Clean Up
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The Ochoa Fertilizer Company site in Guánica, Puerto Rico, consists of two parcels totaling 125 acres adjacent to Guánica Bay. Ammonia, ammonium ...
NCCOS Contaminant Data Supports Listing of New EPA Superfund Site in ...
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The Ochoa Fertilizer Co. site in Guánica, Puerto Rico consists of two parcels totaling 125 acres adjacent to Guánica Bay. Ammonia, ammonium sulfate ...
2024 Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom Seasonal Assessment
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The 2024 western Lake Erie cyanobacterial bloom had a severity index (SI) of 6.6, which is moderately severe, and more intense than 2023 (SI of 5.3).
Mitigation Strategies for Harmful Algal Blooms Span from Headwater ...
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New NCCOS-sponsored research describes a paradigm shift in our understanding of the conditions that control eutrophication (nutrient overenrichment) ...
Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters: Options for Prevention, Control ...
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This report is the product of a panel of experts in the science of blooms of unicellular marine algae which can cause mass mortalities in a variety of ...
Lake Erie HAB 2019 Retrospective: Bloom Severity was 7.3, as Predicted ...
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“This should reassure producers that fertilizer management will be effective in reducing the severity of Lake Erie’s blooms.” For the full final ...
Restoring Injured Seagrass Beds with New Methods for Re-Grading and ...
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Vessel groundings in shallow waters can damage fragile seagrass habitats, sometimes permanently. We are conducting scientific studies to assess new ...
Bacterial and Pharmaceutical Pollution from Agricultural Lands in the ...
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We studied how the use of animal waste as fertilizer on agricultural lands might influence the health of surrounding water bodies in the Chesapeake ...
Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity in the Northern Gulf of ...
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The continental shelf adjacent to the Mississippi River is a highly productive system, often referred to as the fertile fisheries crescent. This ...
Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom from Satellite in Lake Okeechobee, FL
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The images were derived from Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite data from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and ...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
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The research team thinks the best hope for decreasing the size of the dead zone is through the continued nutrient management actions of the ...
Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring System - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur when algae—simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater—grow out of control and sometimes produce toxins ...
Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf ...
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This year, with floodwaters from the Birds Point levee breach and the Morganza and Bonnet Carret spillways spreading over farmland and other ...
Some call for tougher fertilizer regulations | The Des Moines Register ...
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There are things Iowa farmers and other landowners can do to reduce the flow of nitrate pollution into the Mississippi River and, eventually, into the ...
What Powers Florida Red Tides? - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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The results of a long-term research project, sponsored by NOAA’sNational Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, focused on the Gulf of Mexico red tide are ...
Florida’s HAB Problem: Why are HABs so Prevalent in Florida Waters?
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A new publication, sponsored in part by NCCOS, reviews the history and status of harmful algal blooms in Florida, why they occur, the main species of ...
Harmful Algae Blooms Plague Lake Erie Again I National Geographic News ...
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Seeing the photos from the record-breaking algal bloom on Lake Erie in 2011 was like déjà vu for me. I grew up in the Great Lakes region in the 1960s ...
Models Highlight Benefits of Aquaculture in Long Island Sound
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Shellfish bioextraction has the potential to improve water quality and boost the economy Declining water quality from excess nutrient inputs, called ...
Runoff from Iowa farms growing concern in Gulf | The Des Moines ...
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CHAUVIN, La. -- Generations of shrimpers, crabbers and oystermen have set out from this bayou village to net their catch. They share an emotional bond ...