Algae
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Beware the Icky Algae
Posted by Mike on August 28, 2007 This is all Massachusetts needs–an invasion of rock snot:
Algal Blooms and Goosesh-t Parkthe Esplanade
Posted by Mike on July 19, 2007 The Boston Globe reports that the Charles River swim race might be canceled because of cyanobacterial blooms. Again. So why is this happening? Phosphorous levels are too high:
Mad Biologist Scoops the Boston Globe?!
Posted by Mike on August 17, 2006 That’s right–you heard it here first: algal blooms on the Charles River in Boston. Spake Universal Hub: A blogger by the name of Mike the Mad Biologist, proving why we should get all our news from Technorati and Google Blogsearch, scoops the Globe by more than a week on the story (hmm, if a blogger…
Algal Bloom in the Charles River?
Posted by Mike on August 6, 2006 I was at the Esplanade in Boston, and I noticed something very weird in the water. By the Fairfield St. entrance, the water under the bridge and by the shore (on both sides, river and ‘canal’) was bright green, as if someone had dumped dye or paint in the water. When I got real close…