Harmful Algae: Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs..indicate nutrient enrichment by B.E. Lapointe, et. al.

Lapointe etal 05 1 Macroalgal Blms on SE FL Crl Rfs Nut Stoich of C isthmocladum wider Carib

This leading study documents that the invasive algal blooms of codium along the Palm Beach and Broward County coasts during the summer of 1990 and thereafter were caused by increasing land-based sources of pollution, particularly sewage critical to providing the needed nutrients for such an extensive harmful event.  Published by Elsevier B.V. in Harmful Algae 4 (2005) 1092-1105.

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