Algal Overgrowth (IMAGE)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Algal Overgrowth

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Excess nutrients from fertilizers, wastewater treatment plants, and other sources can fuel algae blooms that shade eelgrass plants by clouding the water and growing on eelgrass blades.

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