A phytoplankton bloom harmed marine habitats, reduced the availability of nutritious prey for bottlenose dolphins, and caused a significant increase in strandings and deaths. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon died. Researchers have since found that the dolphins may have starved after a phytoplankton bloom destroyed vital [...]from SciTechDaily https://ift.tt/H483RO2
