Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Water color, phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Maine are changing by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: The amount of dissolved organic carbon from rivers emptying into the Gulf of Maine has increased over the last 80 years, a trend they predict will continue through 2100 if annual precipitation continues to increase, warn researchers. Runoff is changing the color of the seawater, reducing the light available to phytoplankton for … [Read more...] about Water color, phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Maine are changing – Featured Blog
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What caused the recent Red Tide in Algoa Bay?
Dear Alan This is what I was thinking about the red tide at 04h00 this morning..... Maybe it is due to the seismic survey ship - which has chased the whales away. The red tide is caused by phytoplanktons which feed on nutrient rich water. The whales would have eaten the nutrients but because they were chased away the phytoplanktons moved in. OR the seismic survey released the blooms of the phytoplanktons which then just carried on multiplying. I am sure there is some link between … [Read more...] about What caused the recent Red Tide in Algoa Bay?
