Consistent increases in water pollution and water temperatures are causing an increasing amount of Algae blooms in coastal waters of Virginia. Chris Moore, a scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation also says the algae are especially plentiful in lower Chesapeake Bay bay and in the Hampton Roads area. Further Mr. Moore is quoted as saying:
“Excess nutrients have basically fueled this type of phenomenon so that the plants are out there in levels and in numbers much higher than we would see in a normal, natural environment.”
Mr. Moore says the areas have been afflicted with Dead zones, or areas with no oxygen in the water caused by the decay of large amounts algae. This has led to fish kills, crab jubilees (which sound fun but are not, here’s some pictures of crabs basically “beaching” themselves), and conditions that don’t kill outright but cause wildlife that can, to move out of the area.
Mr Moore gives a nice summary answer to the question whether this natural. He says the algae itself is natural but the increased intensity, size and frequency of the algae bloom is caused by water pollution and is causing a great imbalance effecting everything that lives in the bay.
Here’s an aerial view of the algae bloom and another article about it.
nice informative stuff, thanks for sharing,you really have done a great job, keep it up.
We have exactly the same problem where I live in Québec. I will create a group on Facebook about it, I already have one about lake in general. We should do something now. Thank’s for this great article.
The main reason for algae bloom is Eutrophication( means excess of nutrients).Algae blooms can make dead any water body.To overcome such situation you should control the nutrients level in water body.
An increase in nutrients also may be caused by activities of humans, such as runoff from animal farms or fertilized croplands and lawns, or atmospheric deposition of sulfur and nitrogen compounds or oxides derived from the burning of fossil fuel . These nutrients lead to blooms in coastal waters to a greater extent than in the open ocean.
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