McGillicuddy and co-author Brian Lapointe also stressed the importance of the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of this research, which encompasses a number of disciplines including biology, chemistry, and physics.
Date: Oct 11, 2023
Category: Science
Source: Google
Scientists agree: Fla. lake discharges, not septic systems, cause algae blooms
"There's no challenging the fact that the algae is coming from Lake Okeechobee," said Brian Lapointe, a research professor at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce. "The lake is the biggest single source of the blue-green algae bloom in the St. Lucie Rive