Science Nation: Leading-Edge Research Aims to Predict, Limit Harmful Algal Blooms

Rocky shoreline with green algae coating some of the rocks. Caption: how the blooms affect fish stocks and oyster beds,

When the water along Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay is thick and green, it may be a bad day for a swim, but it’s an excellent day for University of Rhode Island marine ecologist Carol Thornber. Thornber and her team are conducting a long-term study of the impacts of climate change on macroalgae, or seaweed, and algal blooms. She is investigating how the blooms affect fish stocks and oyster beds as well as how nutrients in the water from sewage treatment and agricultural runoff can feed the blooms and make them larger. Part of the "Science Nation" series.

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  • Science Nation: Leading-Edge Research Aims to Predict, Limit Harmful Algal Blooms

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