Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem (IMAGE)

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Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem

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Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem. Captured June 2016, by the European Space Agency Sentinel-3A satellite, which helps monitor, for example, concentrations of algae, suspended matter and chlorophyll in seawater, useful to predict harmful algal blooms, The health and vulnerability of marine ecosystems is fundamental to our knowledge of ocean productivity and, in turn, fish stocks. Download: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/07/Baltic_swirls

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