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Re: Killer algae - from synth fertilizers etc??



In article <961113110445_73652.1202_DHR49-1@CompuServe.COM>,
73652.1202@compuserve.com (Patricia Dines) wrote:

> Is synthetic fertilizer use and waste water stirring up killer algae on the
> Eastern seaboard?  Scarey stuff happens when we mess with the balance... 
> 
> P. Dines
> 
A disturbing story. I read several similar stories a few years ago - I'm
pretty sure it was the same organism, this time off the Florida coast and
I think the Mississippi delta. The articles I saw were in a science
journal, and if I remember correctly, identified the organism as sharing
the traits of both algae and animal life - ie: I think they have
self-propelling ability, etc.

Betsy