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A graph depicts the low oxygen levels and high ammonium concentrations in 2005 that caused large algae blooms. This put more stress on the ecosystem, resulting in the fish kill.
2005 Corsica River Fish Kill
A conceptual diagram illustrates the factors that can stimulate the growth of harmful algal blooms in brackish rivers and how these blooms can negatively impact other species within the ecosystem.
Algal Bloom Causation and Impacts in Brackish…
A graph depicts the trend of increasing prorocentrum minimum levels since 1970 in the Chesapeake Bay.
Prorocentrum Minimum Levels since 1970
A conceptual diagram illustrates the key features of the Chesapeake Bay watershed as well as the inputs that stimulate eutrophication and the symptoms of eutrophication.
The Causes and Effects of Eutrophication
A map depicts the general distribution of several of Maryland's common harmful algal blooms, in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays.
The Distributions of Common Harmful Algal Blooms…
Illustration of Gyrodinium species
Gyrodinium species
Pyrodinium bahamense, considered the sister taxon to Alexandrium, is a tropical euryhaline dinoflagellate found mainly in the Atlantic Ocean. P. bahamense is a major cause of seafood toxicity and cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, especially in Southeast Asia.
Pyrodinium bahamense
The skull and crossbones is a commonly used hazard symbol for poison and other lethal substances.
Skull and crossbones
Codium fragile, or 'Dead Man's Fingers' is a seaweek invasive to the northwest Atlantic
Dead man's fingers (Codium fragile)
This conceptual diagram depicts the environmental factors that lead to harmful algal blooms in the Potomac River. The diagram compares ideal bloom conditions to poor bloom conditions.
Environmental conditions that lead to harmful…
Illustration of a mixed phytoplankton community
Mixed Phytoplankton Community Coloured
Conceptual diagram of processes in Temperate coastal regions developed as part of the LOICZ project to look at Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Temperate Coastal Ecosystem Summary
Conceptual diagram of processes in Tropical coastal regions developed as part of the LOICZ project to look at Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Summary
Illustration of a Cyanobacterial mat
Cyanobacterial mat

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